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Irs Holding Back Refunds

REPORT: IRS HOLDING BACK REFUNDS

The nation's taxpayer advocate said Tuesday that the lack of assistance the IRS provides and the agency's propensity to withhold refunds are the two most serious problems encountered by taxpayers.
Ref. https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/10/pf/tax_advocate/index.htm

Refunds Holding Irs

This is such a true story. I have had my refunds held back with out being told why. After seriously prying into the problem, I have found the problem and corrected it. Problem is, it delayed my refund by nearly three weeks when the actual resolution only took about two days to address. Had they told me earlier, I would have been able to fix it and get my money.

Irs Holding Back Refunds History & Civil Business Politics

Personally, I've never had an issue with a refund being held, but a friend had hers held for several months. The issue? Her address changed, the check was returned with a forwarding address sticker on it from the post office, but the IRS didn't accept that as a formal address change. It took quite a while to get this resolved.

Refunds Holding Irs

Luckily I haven't had a refund held either. We usually rely on our refund to help pay holiday bills from the previous year. I've heard stories of those who got refunds withheld because of address changes, but the IRS warns tax payers every year about this, so that should not be a big surprise.