The IRS can take as long as it needs to in order to properly verify that you are owed a refund. If they don't send your refund within 45 days after April 15 or 45 after they receive your return (whichever is later), they will pay interest. (The interest is taxable.)
Yes if you owe the IRS money your tax refund will be offset, and usually if they are aware that you owe them money, they will offset it immediately.
21 Days
If you file your return electronically, the IRS will acknowledge receipt within 24 hours. The status of your refund, if you are getting one, will be available online within 72 hours of that acknowledgement. If you mail in a paper return, it will take 3-4 weeks for the IRS to process it and make your refund information available online.
Yes, if you already have a payment arrangement with the IRS but have a refund due, they will take the refund. If you have a balance due, they will apply your tax refund to this balance.
it took me exactly three weeks after I got the paperwork into the post office.
No. The IRS can only offset your refund if they have already made an assessment against you.
If a tax return is e-filed it will take approximately 10 days to receive the refund by direct deposit. Mailed checks take about 21 days.
Depending on whether its the state tax or the federal tax the IRS say you could get a refund in about ten to fourteen business days, some states take about a month.
The IRS can take as long as it needs to in order to properly verify that you are owed a refund. If they don't send your refund within 45 days after April 15 or 45 after they receive your return (whichever is later), they will pay interest. (The interest is taxable.)
Yes, the IRS is entitled to dock a refund for a variety of things, including court ordered debt.
They won't get it from the IRS....except for something like child support.
So you were expecting a tax refund from the IRS after you filed a tax return. Insteasd of getting your refund, the IRS sent you a letter saying that your refund was used (garnished) to satisfy your back tax debt. What is going on? This means that you have a back tax liablility with the IRS and the IRS will take your refund to satidfy that debt. If you got your refund check garnished and you were unaware you owed the IRS, you need to take care of this situation fast. The IRS can start enforced collections against you and go as far as garnishment of your pay and levy your bank accounts. You can find out more at wallysworldoftaxes.blogspot.com.