The IRS website “Where’s My Refund” for checking refunds is up again after being down for the better part of a week. The website was back in action about midday last Wednesday after being out of service since Feb. 15.
Taxpayers who had received IRS acknowledgment that their tax returns were being processed were startled when they visited the website during the week and got a message that the IRS had no information regarding their return.
The IRS said it was an error message and that if the IRS said the filing had been received, it was being processed.
With the “Where’s My Refund” site back up, you can now check the website 72 hours after your e-filed return has been accepted to see the status of your refund. Those who mail in their returns can check four weeks after they send in their signed return.
The IRS did not say exactly what the problem was, but issued this statement:
“As with the start of any tax season, there were system validations that occurred requiring some fine-tuning of our systems. As part of this, in January, the IRS announced that some taxpayer refunds could be issued approximately one week later than initial projections they may have received, but these refunds were still in line with historical refund delivery times.”
The IRS said in most cases, it issues refunds 10 to 21 days after a return is received.
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