Does anyone have any information if the IRS is backlogged on sending out this years refunds?

[William769]

I e-filed yesterday and am wondering if I will get it back as quickly as years past.

Last year after the IRS accepted it it only took 8 days to be direct deposited. I'm hoping this year for the same turn around.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[unblock]

1. i did see an article that said they were off to a slow start, of course blaming the aca.

[William769]

4. Thanks.

[obxhead]

2. As far as I know

things are still running smoothly with returns.

I filed Friday and hope for a speedy return as well. Last year I had it in 7 days I think filing before they even started accepting returns.

I wish us luck.

[William769]

6. Thanks. And me too!

[Vashta Nerada]

3. I filed last Monday, IRS accepted my return on Wednesday, and still haven't received a refund.

Harumph.

[William769]

8. Hopefully you will get it by the end of the week.

[Vashta Nerada]

11. And you.

[Bluzmann57]

5. My preparer told us that things seem to be back on schedule.

She said seven to twenty one days. That's what it's been for the last few years.

[William769]

10. Thanks.

[unblock]

7. officially up to 3 weeks behind schedule

and they're blaming the shutdown, not the aca. sorry, right-wing brainwashing gets to the best of us....


http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/2014-Tax-Season-to-Open-Jan.-31;-efile-and-Free-File-Can-Speed-Refunds

About 90 percent of IRS operations were closed during the shutdown, with some major work streams closed entirely during this period, putting the IRS nearly three weeks behind its tight timetable for being ready to start the 2014 filing season. There are additional training, programming and testing demands on IRS systems this year in order to provide additional refund fraud and identity theft detection and prevention.

[William769]

9. Thanks for the link.