Ever file an amended tax return? OMG!

[Bearcarver]

My son has still not received his last years return Fed of $3300 and IRS site of "wheres my refund" won't let us in anymore. They give you no other info but "wait" I wonder if the same lack of communication would have been the same if he owed $3300?

Mrs Bear said, She thinks that "Where's My Refund" thing is only good for this current year.
She used it about a dozen times on different clients Taxes, and it always worked good.

Bear

 

[sandyut]

So Utah…they are saying they wont show any acknowledgment for 120 days. Painful…

I overpaid and both are a refund coming back to us. It unsettling to let this roll on for months with no updates but watcha gonna do? Yup wait it out.

 

[clifish]

Mrs Bear said, She thinks that "Where's My Refund" thing is only good for this current year.
She used it about a dozen times on different clients Taxes, and it always worked good.

Bear

I think the issue was that amount owed changed (interest?) so the amount on the check was different than on the return.

 

[1MoreFord]

Never had to do an amended one but I still have to do my in-laws for 2020 and 2021. Hoping the IRS doesn't rape them in fees for filing late but was a true error on their part due to a death in the family. They normally get a very small amount back so we can hope. Still get to do mine for this year too. I hate tax time.

I don't know if it's still the same but at one time there was no penalty for not filing a return if you were due a return. Just don't expect interest.

 

[Bearcarver]

I feel the pain Cliff. Last year the IRS lost one of our $18K quarterly deposits so shorted our refund by that much. Tracy had all the receipts and cancelled checks but they kept saying they never got the money. It took almost 9 months of constant fighting until she FINALLY got a supervisor of sorts who got to the bottom of it and processed the balance of the refund. When Tracy asked about them paying us interest for losing our money and being late, just as the IRS would do to us if we were late, the guy had the nerve to laugh at her. Bottom line, unless things have changed, the IRS is the only government entity that is above constitutional law. They know it and there's no accountability whatsoever. They can do whatever the heck they want without fear of recourse.

Robert

Mrs Bear said every time she ever had a client who was owed $$ by the IRS, they always paid interest "Automatically" without being asked to do so.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

I think the issue was that amount owed changed (interest?) so the amount on the check was different than on the return.

OK, She said if any of the things in there are not right. SS number, How filed (Married filing jointly, Single, etc) and your refund amount. It won't be able to find it, if any of those in your "Where's my refund" application is wrong.

Bear

 

[sandyut]

To my shock and amazement - Utah paid us the refund from the amended tax return in just over six weeks. It’s by far and away much small than what the fed own us, but good to have the cash coming back.

Fed should hopefully be here end of June??? That might be optimistic, some people said to me it might be more like a Christmas present. Which I hope is not the case.

 

[Bearcarver]

To my shock and amazement - Utah paid us the refund from the amended tax return in just over six weeks. It’s by far and away much small than what the fed own us, but good to have the cash coming back.

Fed should hopefully be here end of June??? That might be optimistic, some people said to me it might be more like a Christmas present. Which I hope is not the case.

Hi Sandy!!
Mrs Bear said when you file electronically you can get it in a few weeks, but since you're talking about an amended return, you can't file electronically, so you might be looking at closer to Christmas. Bear Jr is waiting for 6 months on an amended return, but it's a very fancy one, going back to 2015.
At least you know you're getting it.

Bear

 

[sandyut]

Hi Sandy!!
Mrs Bear said when you file electronically you can get it in a few weeks, but since you're talking about an amended return, you can't file electronically, so you might be looking at closer to Christmas. Bear Jr is waiting for 6 months on an amended return, but it's a very fancy one, going back to 2015.
At least you know you're getting it.

Bear

I wanted to file the amended return electronically, but you cant. Seems pretty silly to me, I mean you file an original return electronically, but if you find an error is paper mail and SO SLOW.

Oh well, one day my cash will be returned. One day not this day.

 

[clifish]

It is funny 2 weeks after my son got a paper check for last years return, today this years return was already deposited into his account.

 

[sandyut]

It is funny 2 weeks after my son got a paper check for last years return, today this years return was already deposited into his account.

was the paper check for an amended return?

 

[clifish]

was the paper check for an amended return?

No, he got flagged to verify who he was, he moved out of state mid-year and also went from our dependent to independent so the IRS flagged him (they did that to 35,000,000 people last year)

 

[sandyut]

No, he got flagged to verify who he was, he moved out of state mid-year and also went from our dependent to independent so the IRS flagged him (they did that to 35,000,000 people last year)

that ridiculous. the IRS is just a huge PITA

 

[TNJAKE]

Hey there! I'd like to revive this thread with my 2 cents. I totally feel you on the whole amended tax return thing. It's such a drag dealing with the IRS/Government, they can be S L O W AF sometimes.

First post on a smoking meat forum and you went straight to a tax thread? Hmmm lmao!

 

[clifish]

First post on a smoking meat forum and you went straight to a tax thread? Hmmm lmao!

At least she/he did not post a website to log on too??

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

I’m waiting for an amended return for my 21 tax return. Had an issue with all those child stimulus payments or whatever they were called. It was caught when we had our taxes done in January. And says on the “where’s my amended refund” app please allow up to 16 weeks to process. It was sent in and received in middle of January so we’ll see. Also it’s different from the “where’s my refund app” it’s “where’s my amended refund” app. Not sure if you guys are tracking through that or not.

 

[JC in GB]

If the IRS were allowed to update their outdated computer systems, this would not be near the issue that it now is.

JC

 

[TNJAKE]

If the IRS were allowed to update their outdated computer systems, this would not be near the issue that it now is.

JC

Then how would they ever be able to afford all those guns and ammo for all those new officers? Lol

 

[JC in GB]

Then how would they ever be able to afford all those guns and ammo for all those new officers? Lol

If we can't fund the bill collectors, who pays the bills? Just goes to prove that there is no perfect solution.

JC

 

[clifish]

If the IRS were allowed to update their outdated computer systems, this would not be near the issue that it now is.

JC

Yeah why do that instead lets hire 30,000 new employees with pensions and lifetime healthcare