![]() "The employees we spoke with were concerned that they would have a work stoppage if these remaining devices became unfunctional."ĭelays in processing refunds have continued into this tax filing season, with millions taking longer than the typical 21 days, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate. "These devices are needed to make copies of tax returns to fulfill requests for tax documents from taxpayers and other institutions," the report reads. In the Kansas City, Missouri, Tax Processing Center, for example, just three of the 10 printers and copiers were working at the end of March. In February I received a paper notice from IRS regarding my refund adjustment. According to IRS (checked amended status on their website), amended return was 'received' in April 2021, and 'adjusted' and 'completed' in February 2022. With staff returning, the amount of paper returns from 2020 left to process fell from 3,540,486 to 2,144,347 as of March 20, 2021.Īnother reason for the backlog is a lack of working computers and printers at IRS offices, the report says. Filed an amended 2020 return in April 2021. Beginning in January, we process Individual Income Tax returns daily. The IRS will only take calls about the status of an amended tax return refund if its been 12 weeks since the official receipt of Form 1040X. ![]() ![]() Paper returns, in particular, have been delayed because IRS staff was not physically in the office for much of last year to process them due to Covid-19 social distancing measures. How New Jersey Processes Income Tax Refunds. In addition to processing normal returns from last filing season and this filing season, the smaller staff has had to distribute hundreds of millions of stimulus payments over the past year, implement other recent tax law changes like the increased Child and Dependent Care Credit and send out tax refunds on 2020 unemployment benefits to those who already filed their 2020 returns. And it also has over 4,400 unfilled positions in the processing department, Treasury's report says. The IRS states specifically that a refund can take this amount of time to process. For one, the agency employs 15% fewer employees than it did a decade ago, so there are fewer people to process returns. Again, please allow 16 weeks to pass before worrying about your tax refund. There are a number of reasons for the backlog.
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