Posted on 02/17/2005 11:05:17 AM PST by Salgak
This morning, I checked my bank account online, to see exactly what my pay was this week (I'm hourly, so it varies), and to my very pleasant surprise, my refund from the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Taxation was there as well. . .3 days after they accepted my electronically-filed return.
So I **THEN** hit the IRS Website, link above, to check status on my Federal Refund. And got an interesting response: it told me to CALL the IRS, give a specific extension, and reference a certain code-number. I did so.
The IRS person who eventually answered (~5 minutes on hold) told me, after verifying who I was, etc., that the Internal Revenue Service is re-checking EVERY Federal Tax Return with a refund of over $2500.00 with their "error-check" department, and because of this (it was in and out in a day. . .), my refund is delayed a full week, until sometime in early March. . .
Don't mean to be paranoid. . .but doesn't it seem odd, that EVERY return over a certain thresh-hold is checked ? And especially now, early in the season, when the electronic filers do it: their software has ALREADY checked it for math errors, etc. . .
Or is this just a means for Uncle to hang on to our refunds just a little bit longer??? After all, the longer they have the funds, the more they can do with them. . . Or make just a little more money interest off of it. . Comments, observations, etc ???
Oh well that rules me out. ;-)
This is not physically possible. The IRS does not have the manpower.
Got my 3,800 last week. better hurry its gonna be gone soon.
I thought so too, but that's what they said. . .
I agree, a guy I know got $7,000 back a week after he filed electronically.
Won't be the first time that the IRS has given-out bum information over the phone.
With the upsurge in people using computer programs to figure their taxes and E-filing, they have to find SOMETHING for all those IRS agents to do.
More BS from the IRS.
Programming error, perhaps, but I doubt they have enough people to examine every such filing.
Perhaps they are looking for the Slave Reparation deduction
It was very kind of him to give a year-long, interest-free loan of $7000 to the US government.
There's been a lot of fraud lately. Guys print up their own W-2 forms on their computers, stuff like that.
They probably want to run the numbers against what employers reported. This can be done through automated processes.
Now why would they hassle their bread and butter. Folks who have that large a refund give Uncle Sam an interest free loan. Seems they'd show some appreciation.
This sounds like a scam that was going roung here in Ohio--after calling the extension i was asked for my social and when I replied you have it so read it to me and i will confirm it the guy hung up.I called the IRS 800 number and was informed that their site had been hacked and inquires were redirected to a bogus site with bogus phone numbers. Hope this did not happen to you.I always call the 800 number when dealing with them or make a visit to a local office.
Me too. My amount due is $20,000. I wish they'd recheck mine and find it was $2000.00.
Many people are scamming the IRS..filing fradulent returns.they get the refund check..cash it, and disappear...so there are some checks built into the auto-refund mechanism...certain amounts..or maybe for recent filers..or being sent to a recent opened bank account...There was a case in NY last year..some guy got a $300,000 refund check...totally bogus return..
Interesting, as I received my refund already this year (Filed hard-copy via Snail-mail) and it was a good bit more that $2,500.00. In fact, I got approx 112.00 MORE back than I was expecting.
However, as you indicated, When I went to check my status on-line a week and a half ago, I had a similar web posting.
When I called, they told me that I should expect to see my refund on or about the 11th. I actually received it the 14th.
I read a post a while back on here, if someone can find the link, that said the IRS, was going to carefully review a greater percentage of electronically filed returns versus mailed ones. Also a greater percentage of those returns would be audited.
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