>>JENNIFER WAUGH: MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING US ARE POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING
MONTHS TO RECEIVE YOUR
TAX REFUND YOU’RE NOT ALONE
MORE THAN A 150 IF YOU POSTED
ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT YOUR
FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE IRS ABOUT
DELAYS IN
PROCESSING YEAR. RETURNS WHEN
WE ASKED HEY HAVE YOU RECEIVED
YOURS YET WE COULDN’T FIND
ANYONE. CHRISTIE IN FACT POSTED
THAT SHE FILED IN JANUARY AND
IRS DOT GOV SAYS THAT HER
REFUND IS
STILL PROCESSING. SHE’S
RECEIVED NO ONE THERE ARE OTHER
INFORMATION AND NO ONE PICKS UP
THE IRS NUMBERS
AMONG ANOTHER FACEBOOK POST HAS
A LANE RIGHT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE SHE FILED IN JANUARY 2
SHE SAYS AND IS STILL WAITING.
SHE SAYS SHE NEEDS THE REFUND
IS A SINGLE MOM WITH OVERDUE
BILLS. THE IRS TELLS HER IT’S
STILL PROCESSING LOCAL
ACCOUNTANT AND FINANCIAL
PLANNER ADAM WOLF IS JOINING US
THIS MORNING VIA ZOOM AT A GOOD
MORNING, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> HEY GOOD MORNING JENNIFER.
SO IF YOU’VE BEEN HEARING THE
SAME THING FROM
YOUR CLIENT.
>> SO FOR THE MOST PART MOST OF
OUR CLIENTS HAVE EITHER GOTTEN
THE REFUNDS OR TICKETS CHECK SO
WE DID HAVE ONE PLOY TO FIGHT
ON THE 31ST SOME ARE STILL HAS
NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
WE’RE TALKING OVER $2000.
SO YEAH IT’S IT’S HAPPENING.
IT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE
WITH US WITH EVERYTHING IS
HAPPENING WITH THE COVID-19 AT
THIS POINT TO HOW LONG SHOULD
IT TAKE USUALLY TO GET YOUR TAX
REFUND.
>> SO IT TYPICALLY DOES
DEPENDS IF YOU HAVE DIRECT
OPTION WHEN YOU FILE YOUR
RETURN IS ABOUT 21 DAYS US WITH
THE IRS SAYS SOME PEOPLE SEE
THIS CLIP IS 5 TO 7 AND THEN
WE’RE SEEING NOW MULTIPLE
MONTHS TO GET A
REFUND BACK.
>> AND THEN ALSO ABOUT 6 TO 8
WEEKS SOMETIMES 12 WEEKS IF YOU
DO A UP CHEAPER FOR YOU AS A
PAPER CHECK CHECK COMING BACK
TO THE
MAIL SO AND THAT’S UP TO BUT
THAT’S BEEN THROWN OUT THROWN
OUT THE WINDOW AT THIS POINT
WAS A WHAT’S HAPPENING
WITH COVID.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO SO WE KNOW
THAT THE TAX DEADLINE WAS
EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC YOU FROM APRIL 15 TO
JULY 15 SO I MEET.
I CERTAINLY ASSUME WHEN I FILED
MINE EARLY THAT ONE. I THINK
THE IRS IS NOT RECEIVE NEAR
THIS MANY OF THE RETURNS AND
GIVEN THE DEADLINE YOU THINK
THAT MAYBE IT WOULD TAKE LESS
TIME AND NOT LONGER I MEAN WHAT
DO YOU THINK’S CAUSING US TO
TAKE
YOU ALONG.
>> IT TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS
WHEN PEOPLE DON’T GET THEIR
REFUNDS IN ANY NORMAL YEAR,
IT’S TO TO THEIR THEIR DIRECT
DEPOSIT INFORMATION THAT THEY
HAVE INFORMATION BEING
INCORRECT BUT
I MEAN YOU’VE ALMOST ALL
THE IRS EMPLOYEES AT HOME UP
UNTIL APRIL TIME FRAME THEY
SLOWLY GOING BACK TO WORK
THEY’RE INUNDATED AND PLUS
THEY’RE RUNNING BE PAYMENTS FOR
SHORT STIMULUS AS WELL. SO.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IN GENERAL, IT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD SLOW DOWN A RETURN FROM
PROCESSING THAT MAYBE PEOPLE
SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT NOW
THEY’VE BEEN WAITING A LONG
TIME LIKE MAYBE THEY MADE A
MISTAKE.
>> CITY IS THINK YOU’VE
MADE A MISTAKE MOST THE TIME IF
YOU’RE ELECTRONICALLY FINALLY
THEY’RE GOING TO CATCH THAT IF
YOU’RE DOING YOURSELF OR YOU’RE
USING A PROVIDER TO PREPARE
THAT ARE SEEDED PREFER THAT TO
JUST ELECTRONIC FILING STILL
KNOW THAT PRETTY MUCH
IMMEDIATELY BUT IF YOU DO A
PAPER FILINGS YOU WON’T KNOW
FOR SURE AND THE PROCESSING
TIMES RIGHT NOW OUR TURN OUT
THE WINDOW, ANOTHER OR NUMBERS
THAT YOU CAN CALL TO
TO GET INFORMATION IN A TYPICAL
SITUATION, BUT RIGHT NOW IT
SEEMS LIKE NO ONE IS PICKING UP
SOME OF THE IRIS YEAH AND IN
FACT THAT’S WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POSTING ON A
FACEBOOK PAGE THEY’VE BEEN
WAITING 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR
THERE DON’T FEEL LIKE THEY’RE
GETTING ANYWHERE
ON HOLD.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IS THERE SOME
WAY THAT SOMEONE CAN TRACK THE
PROCESSING OF THEIR TAX REFUND
MAYBE ONLINE SO
THEY’RE NOT.
>> ON TERMINAL HOLD IT SEEMS
TERMINAL OLD YES, IT’S SO SO
WHERE’S MY REFUND IS ON THE IRA
SITE YOU ENTER IN YOUR YOUR
SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER AND YOUR FILING
STATUS WITH YOUR FILING SINGLE
OR MARRIED
FILING JOINS AND THEN WHAT YOUR
REFUND AMOUNT IS AND THAT WILL
GIVE YOU AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
AS TO US WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT
IT WHAT BUT SORT
OF PROCESSING TIMES THEY ARE
ALLOWING THESE AND THAT’S THE
FIRST PLACE I WOULD GO BEFORE
EVEN CALLING THE IRS. AND
YOU KNOW.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: A LOT OF OUR
FACEBOOK YOU VIEWERS AND
FOLLOWERS ARE TELLING
US THAT THEY DO THAT IT STILL
SAYS STILL PROCESSING SO IT
SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS TO
PACK
YOUR PATIENCE AT THIS POINT
GIVEN THE PANDEMIC AND SO MANY
PEOPLE AS YOU EXPLAIN THAT WERE
FOR THEIR US ARE WORKING