How quickly did you receive your 2020 tax refund?

[CardinalRule]

If you have filed your 2020 federal tax return, with a refund due, how quickly did the IRS process it?

For us:
• Return e-filed on TurboTax and accepted: 02/20/2021
• Refund finally received (direct deposit): 06/30/2021 (https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/i ... status.jsp)

This is very new to us - we have not had a refund for many years. In our case, it's about $9,000, due to some miscalculations on estimated taxes (related to realized capital gains).

[Volkdancer]

Have you checked the account into which your refund was/is to be deposited?

I received my refund within ten days. That was two weeks ago.

Checking the IRS site, it said that the return had been accepted but not processed. It still says that. Go figure.

Karl V

[Grogs]

I filed mine last Sunday, 28 Feb. Got accepted 3 minutes later and the check was deposited in my account Thursday, 4 March.

[stan1]

The deposit shows as pending in our credit union checking account about 3 working days prior to receipt of funds.

Was quite fast for us this year (cash in account on 6th working day).

[L82GAME]

For us
• Return e-filed on TurboTax and accepted: 02/20/2021
• Refund received (direct deposit): still being processed as of 3/6/2021

A very similar timeline applies to us, and we have yet to receive our refund. In past years, we experienced a quicker turnaround. However, IRS states that it may take up to 21 days from receipt, but perhaps longer under certain circumstances.

[MishkaWorries]

We filed Friday 2/26 in the evening and friday morning 3/5 the money was in our bank account.

[diy60]

If you have filed your 2020 federal tax return, with a refund due, how quickly did the IRS process it?

I haven't filed yet for 2020, but for the last decade or so it usually averages about 10 business days from when I e-file to direct deposit. My refunds are typically under a $100.

[HotWheels22]

Filed on 2/12 and got federal before the end of February, state (NC) a few days later.

[obafgkm]

Filed February 13, 2021 with H&R Block software. Received notice of acceptance about an hour later.

Received refund February 18, 2021 into my credit union account.

Received $4000 of my $5000 in paper I Savings Bonds February 27, 2021. Still waiting on my last $1000 savings bond as of this writing.

[Adfmacro]

I e-filed via third party app on 2/20 and refund was in my account by Friday 2/26. It was a small refund with child tax credits, pension, and one w-2.

[cowdogman]

Filed on 2/19 and accepted by IRS about 30 minutes later. Still waiting on refund, but it is a large one--over $10K. And we had a ton of refundable credits this year--PTC, ACTC, AOC and recovery credits--which I think are an indicator of fraud for the IRS.

[d0gerz]

Filed 2/23 using Free Fillable Forms. Return accepted 35 minutes later. Refund deposited 3/3.

[Candor]

It took a little over a week e-filing with TurboTax.

[earlyout]

8 days. Filed and accepted using Turbo Tax on Feb. 25. Direct deposit on Mar. 5.

[Da5id]

Took 11 days to get refund for my son's federal return which I e-filed for him with TurboTax. I'm still waiting on some K-1s to file my return.

[joe-kr]

Filed on 2/19 with TurboTax and accepted by IRS same day.
Still waiting on over 6k refund.
We also have ACTC, AOC and recovery credits.

When I check the IRS website, they show no record of my return.

[Normchad]

I got my refund on February 23rd. I filed early, but turbo tax held it for a while before the IRS was ready to accept it. It was all very quick though.

[mbcruiser]

E-filed via free AARP Foundation's Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) program https://www.irs.gov/individuals/free-ta ... -taxpayers.
IRS accepted 02/25/21, direct deposit received 03/04/21.

[makeitcount]

02/20 filed electronically using TurboTax
03/01 received refund

[cowdogman]

Filed on 2/19 with TurboTax and accepted by IRS same day.
Still waiting on over 6k refund.
We also have ACTC, AOC and recovery credits.

When I check the IRS website, they show no record of my return.

Did you check the "Where's my refund?" page at irs.gov? https://www.irs.gov/refunds My return shows as accepted and has for at least a week. I also filed on 2/19 and am waiting for a refund.

[joe-kr]

Filed on 2/19 with TurboTax and accepted by IRS same day.
Still waiting on over 6k refund.
We also have ACTC, AOC and recovery credits.

When I check the IRS website, they show no record of my return.

Did you check the "Where's my refund?" page at irs.gov? https://www.irs.gov/refunds My return shows as accepted and has for at least a week. I also filed on 2/19 and am waiting for a refund.

Yes, sadly I just get this error message:
“ You may not have entered your information correctly. Please verify your personal tax data and try again”

I have seen other people post that they receive the same message, so I just hope it’s a glitch. Next Friday will be 21 days since I filed so then I can call to check.

[kelvan80]

Efiled at irs.gov fillable forms and received refund 9 days later. Return was accepted within 24 hours.

[JoMoney]

We had a thread over here with several replies on this topic earlier:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=340996

[Aslan18]

We filed Friday 2/26 in the evening and friday morning 3/5 the money was in our bank account.

+1

[Steelersfan]

I eFiled 2/24 and got notice yesterday that my refund will be in my checking account on 3/10. That's two weeks later. I'm pleased.

[WillRetire]

For us
• Return e-filed on TurboTax and accepted: 02/20/2021
• Refund received (direct deposit): still being processed as of 3/6/2021

A very similar timeline applies to us, and we have yet to receive our refund. In past years, we experienced a quicker turnaround. However, IRS states that it may take up to 21 days from receipt, but perhaps longer under certain circumstances.

Same here: eFiled on 2/20. Return was accepted within a few hours, but we are still awaiting refund. Finally, Saturday morning (3/6) IRS' "where's my refund" indicated return processed and refund will arrive in a week or so. This seems later than usual for the return to be "processed". They may have had a flood of returns filed in the days after Feb 12th, including from people who wanted to register a lower 2020 AGI to get a better Stimulus v3.0.

[N.Y.Cab]

Filed February 13, 2021 with H&R Block software. Received notice of acceptance about an hour later.

Received refund February 18, 2021 into my credit union account.

Received $4000 of my $5000 in paper I Savings Bonds February 27, 2021. Still waiting on my last $1000 savings bond as of this writing.

I’m also missing an I bond and was told to write a letter to below to investigate.

Treasury Retail Securities Services

P.O. Box 214

Minneapolis, MN 55480
844-284-2676

[obafgkm]

Received $4000 of my $5000 in paper I Savings Bonds February 27, 2021. Still waiting on my last $1000 savings bond as of this writing.

I’m also missing an I bond and was told to write a letter to below to investigate.

Treasury Retail Securities Services

P.O. Box 214

Minneapolis, MN 55480
844-284-2676

Thanks. I'll wait another week, just in case it was delayed in the mail somehow.

I'm pretty sure of the serial number; the six $50s were in consecutive numbers, and the $1000 I am missing I think would be in the middle in a series of four consecutive numbers and I received the other three.

I trust I'll be made whole with a paper bond, one way or another.

[ensign]

If you have filed your 2020 federal tax return, with a refund due, how quickly did the IRS process it?

For us
• Return e-filed on TurboTax and accepted: 02/20/2021
• Refund received (direct deposit): still being processed as of 3/6/2021 (https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/i ... status.jsp)

This is very new to us - we have not had a refund for many years. In our case, it's about $9,000, due to some miscalculations on estimated taxes (related to realized capital gains).

Ten days.

[Sjkk0608]

Filed on 2/19 with TurboTax and accepted by IRS same day.
Still waiting on over 6k refund.
We also have ACTC, AOC and recovery credits.

When I check the IRS website, they show no record of my return.

Did you check the "Where's my refund?" page at irs.gov? https://www.irs.gov/refunds My return shows as accepted and has for at least a week. I also filed on 2/19 and am waiting for a refund.

Yes, sadly I just get this error message:
“ You may not have entered your information correctly. Please verify your personal tax data and try again”

I have seen other people post that they receive the same message, so I just hope it’s a glitch. Next Friday will be 21 days since I filed so then I can call to check.

I have the same error. Filed electronically on 2/24 and according to TT was accepted by IRS. Keep us updated!

[joe-kr]

Filed on 2/19 with TurboTax and accepted by IRS same day.
Still waiting on over 6k refund.
We also have ACTC, AOC and recovery credits.

When I check the IRS website, they show no record of my return.

Did you check the "Where's my refund?" page at irs.gov? https://www.irs.gov/refunds My return shows as accepted and has for at least a week. I also filed on 2/19 and am waiting for a refund.

Yes, sadly I just get this error message:
“ You may not have entered your information correctly. Please verify your personal tax data and try again”

I have seen other people post that they receive the same message, so I just hope it’s a glitch. Next Friday will be 21 days since I filed so then I can call to check.

I have the same error. Filed electronically on 2/24 and according to TT was accepted by IRS. Keep us updated!

I just tried an experiment. I entered 1 as my refund amount, and this time it told me my return was still processing, with an expected refund of $0.00.

I hope this is just a temporary status. Please check if you see the same.

[Alan S.]

e filed 2/19, accepted 2/19, refund including rebate recovery direct deposited 2/26.

[dink2win]

Parents efiled on 2/25, it was accepted by state on 2/26, refund was direct deposited on 3/4. Took 4 business days.

Mine was efiled and accepted on 3/7, so hopefully I get my refunds sometime later this week.

[Sjkk0608]

Filed on 2/19 with TurboTax and accepted by IRS same day.
Still waiting on over 6k refund.
We also have ACTC, AOC and recovery credits.

When I check the IRS website, they show no record of my return.

Did you check the "Where's my refund?" page at irs.gov? https://www.irs.gov/refunds My return shows as accepted and has for at least a week. I also filed on 2/19 and am waiting for a refund.

Yes, sadly I just get this error message:
“ You may not have entered your information correctly. Please verify your personal tax data and try again”

I have seen other people post that they receive the same message, so I just hope it’s a glitch. Next Friday will be 21 days since I filed so then I can call to check.

I have the same error. Filed electronically on 2/24 and according to TT was accepted by IRS. Keep us updated!

I just tried an experiment. I entered 1 as my refund amount, and this time it told me my return was still processing, with an expected refund of $0.00.

I hope this is just a temporary status. Please check if you see the same.

Same thing happened for me. I hope it is temporary and they are still processing...

[Dandy]

E filed Federal the afternoon of 2/24 received "notice" of refund in my checking account on 3/2 and reflected in the account on 3/3. Never had such a quick refund and was expecting it to take weeks/months.

Haven't heard anything about state refund.

[mptfan]

I received mine 9 days after efiling.

[cowdogman]

Now receiving a new message when I check "Where's my refund?":

Refund Status Results

Your tax return is still being processed.
A refund date will be provided when available

Filed on 2/19.

[IRouteIP]

Return was accepted by the IRS on Feb 13

Still waiting for my refund...

First one in, last one out???

[123]

Federal refund was posted to our account in 1 week. Federal return e-filed 3/2/21. Federal refund posted 3/9/21.

[chw]

8 days Federal
3 days State (MA)

efiled both returns with TT.

[cowdogman]

Return was accepted by the IRS on Feb 13

Still waiting for my refund...

First one in, last one out???

Did you have a relatively large refund--and was the aggregate amount of your refundable credits (1040 Lines 27-31) relatively large? Mine were, which I am guessing is resulting in the delay.

[catdude]

Filed on 2/12/2021, got my refund less than two weeks later...

[GJ48]

If you have filed your 2020 federal tax return, with a refund due, how quickly did the IRS process it?

efiled Federal and NY on Feb 18 using TurboTax
Federal accepted Feb 18
Fed refund Feb 25
NY accepted Feb 19
NY refund Mar 9

[bhsince87]

We're still waiting on a refund from 2019!

Also about $9,000.

It was a paper file, though.

[IRouteIP]

Did you have a relatively large refund--and was the aggregate amount of your refundable credits (1040 Lines 27-31) relatively large? Mine were, which I am guessing is resulting in the delay.

Nothing crazy. Refund is around $3000. Used HR Block online version.

[Tdubs]

Nine days, eleven for state refund.

[anon_investor]

Hmm... I filed on 3/4 after TT fixed their Form 8606 glitch, let's see how long it takes to get my refund... I would have been able to file a few days sooner if not for the TT glitch.

[CardinalRule]

So as of March 13 I'm still waiting on my refund (e-filed on February 20). Glad to see that so many other folks on the forum have gotten their money fairly quickly.

Refund Status Results

Your tax return is still being processed.

A refund date will be provided when available.

[CardinalRule]

From a Washington Post article this weekend:

The IRS is behind in processing nearly 7 million tax returns, slowing refunds as it implements new stimulus.

The agency has a backlog of returns that have not been processed for weeks. Now it has to send out stimulus payments and change the tax code in the middle of a busy filing season.

[anon_investor]

I efiled via TT on 3/4. The IRS website updated overnight, now showing my refund approved with 3/17 as the scheduled transfer date to my bank.