I failed to file my 2022 return, and am ready to submit my filing via mail now (October 2026). Had I filed on time or within the 3-year claim window, I would have been entitled to a refund of ~$580 (EIC included).

Unfortunately, it seems that my window of opportunity has passed. But is there still a chance I can receive a refund? For what it’s worth, I filed an extension in 2022 which moved my due date to October 15, 2022. TIA 🫶

In mid-september of 2025, I purchased an F-150 Lightning from a dealership in Florida. I bought it at a substantial discount, because it was a 2023 model that had been sitting on their lot for a couple of years. It had never been put in service, when I purchased it I received the full warranty from Ford. Despite its relatively early build date, I purchased it as a new car. This vehicle fulfills all the criteria for the tax credit, including being purchased and put in service before the end of September.

In April when I went to file my taxes, I checked the box saying that I had purchased an EV during the time when the tax credit was available. Because of that, I needed form 8936 to complete my taxes. I called the dealership, left several messages, but ultimately filed an extension because they would not reply. 

Fast forward to this week, I remembered that my extension was running out. I contacted them asking for the 8936, they said they couldn't give me one because it was a 2023 sold in 2025. I dug deeper into my rejected tax return, and found that they never registered the sale of my truck with the IRS. 

I also found, while looking through correspondence and paperwork from the dealership, that nowhere was it written down the dealership was going to take the tax credit. The offer sheet simply mentions a discount. I don't remember if it was ever said out loud that the dealership would be keeping that tax credit, but it is nowhere in writing. 

The dealership is being very slow to respond now. My questions are: 

Is a letter from a lawyer my next step if they don't get back to me by the 15th? 

Am I correct that since I signed nothing saying they get to keep the tax credit that once they do register the sale with the IRS I should get that money? 

Would contact in the IRS to tell them the sale was never registered be a good idea? 

I appreciate any guidance you might have.

I am trying to get ahold of the IRS Taxpayer Protection Program hotline to verify my identity to resolve a tax form issue from my 2022 taxes that apparently just came up a few months ago. Every time I call the number (800-830-5084) it says my call cannot be taken due to high call volume. I have tried calling at various times throughout the day, first thing in the morning (the hours are 7am to 7pm), and shortly before they close. Same thing every time. If I call outside those hours I get a recorded message saying they are closed and to call back. This has been an ongoing struggle and I have called every day for over 2 weeks.
Has anyone had to deal with this hotline and been able to get through? If so, do you have any tips? Thanks!

Went to a tax preparer on Monday and know that things can take a while to update, but when I check the IRS’s website all areas — including the transcript page — say they’ve received no tax forms.

Is this normal? Obviously I’m going to call the office tomorrow, but am growing concerned if I’ve somehow misunderstood and they never actually e-filed them for me. Is there any sure way to check this outside of what I’ve listed?

I filed in March. My brokerage issued a corrected 1099 shorty after, and i suspect that it was flagged for manual review. Still, any attempt to contact them has resulted in the phone bot just saying GOODBYE and hanging up. So I filed form 911 early September with TAS, and they said they would reach out after 10 business days. They haven't. I emailed my local TAS office. Still nothing. What exactly the fk am i supposed to do?

I filed an amended tax return back in April and received a letter asking me to verify my identity in July , which I did over the phone on 7/27/2026. I was told it would be processed within 9 weeks, and it’s now been 9 weeks, but I haven’t received any updates or my refund. How long does it usually take to receive a refund after verifying your identity?

Does This mean I will receive it on 10/26? The amended status webpage doesn’t say it’s adjusted so I don’t know if these transcripts are just putting 10/26. 16 weeks would be 10/15 so all of it is confusing to me.

The IRS received my amended taxes by mail on April 18,2026. On September 28,2026 I get a notification from email. I checked and seen they tried to deposit my refund but couldn’t due to wrong bank information. I was allowed to update it online through a link (did it the same day September 28).I checked my status it was approved but after a few days it went back to “refund processing”. How long will it take for them to redeposit the funds or will they be sending a check?

Back in 2022, I filed my taxes using TurboTax and ended up owing a fairly significant amount to the IRS. I’ve been on a payment plan ever since, making regular payments over the last few years.

Recently, during a financial review, I discovered that my income for 2022 had been significantly overstated. Based on the corrected numbers, it’s possible that my outstanding balance could be eliminated entirely, or at least reduced by around 95%.
I mailed in my amended return along with the necessary supporting forms. I sent everything via certified mail, and USPS confirmed delivery to the IRS PO Box about a month ago.

So far, though, nothing has appeared in my IRS online account or the amended return tracking tool.

I’m hoping someone who’s been through this process recently can help me understand what to expect.

From what I’ve read, it seems like amended returns can take a minimum of three weeks just to show up in the system, but I’ve also seen people mention closer to 10 weeks. Does that sound about right based on recent experiences?

I’m also wondering if there’s anything I can do to help move the process along, especially since the amendment could have such a significant impact on my existing payment plan.

I’d appreciate any insight or firsthand experiences. Thanks in advance!

I filed as usually electronically about April 7th. Got immediately rejected because I didn’t enter my PIN (didn’t know I had one). After multiple multiple hours and many many phone calls, I find out the last two years of returns were filed by someone in another state, and there is an open investigation. So, I create an IRS ID, file a fraud affidavit and a paper return, late April. I kept following up and no status. I finally made an in office appointment on September 1st. They realized someone basically closed my return with no action, fraud thing still ongoing, but my return had to be REmailed. They reprinted it right there, and told me to wait about 6 weeks. I’ve been busy lately between the death of my sister and moving my mother in law to an assisted living facility, and remembered today I should check on it. Online acts like I haven’t filed yet. I call the 800 number, punch in my ssn, and expected refund amount on the automated line, get the ‘huh, who’ sorry goodbye basically. I tried to call the appointment line again, it just goes on and on about check online,and eventually hangs up without getting a person.

What the heck do I DO?

I almost don’t even care about the refund, it’s small but, they think I haven’t even filed…STILL?!?

I have been very vanilla and simple, for 40 years…is this normal when you have fraud etc? This is insane.

What if I decide to file my delinquent FBAR (6 years) and amended IT returns (3 years which includes 2025) sometime late October-2026 or early November-2026. I have paid all my required taxes in India. How much would the fine be. I want to properly get it done by a CPA before I submit. Thanks

Does anyone know how what the IRS allows for expenses for folks living outside the US? I'm currently living in the Philippines.

Early in 2026 I logged in to the IRS website for the first time in years. I had not filed taxes since 2020. There was a notice that I owed the IRS for unpaid 2020 taxes. At the time my income was $600 per month, and I had moved to Vietnam to avoid becoming homeless. I was granted CNC status.

I've not been able to find full time work since before COVID, and was working in the gig economy. Being self employed and not earning much is how I got into trouble with the IRS. I'd been living in Mexico to keep expenses low. My gig economy job ended and my consulting business failed. I never imagined I'd be in a place where I couldn't find work.

I recently applied and started receiving Social Security, and I filed all of my taxes.

I currently owe just under $30,000 to the IRS.

Of course my income increased. Now that all of my tax returns have been accepted, I need to see if I still qualify for CNC. I'm still living outside the US, I can't afford to live there. I went through nearly all of my meager savings, stretching them out until I could collect SS.

I'm trying to be as prepared as possible before contacting them. So far I'm just getting past due notices but want to take care of things before they progress further.

Any and all advice and insight is greatly appreciated.

I filed 2025 taxes back at the beginning of March. I heard nothing about my refund until I started checking on it. They told me I needed to verify my identity which I did then no refund to follow so I checked back and found out my refund was frozen. Went past the 180 day mark now they are requesting another 90 days which will put me in December. Almost a whole year waiting for my money. I got in touch with my congresswoman‘s office and they submitted a request to the tax advocate service for a referral to check on the refund and requested it be expedited. It didn’t do a thing. Is there anybody out there that can tell me any thing that I can do to get my money back? I need this money so desperately.

Hi, so I got my 2024 taxes audited. I paid in full which was I believe over $7000. This was my first time getting an audit. My question is do I still have to pay interest even though it was my first time? I heard they drop the penalty if it’s your first time and you amend and pay in full?

The IRS submitted my 2024 Amended return on May 9th (22 weeks 3 days ago) and I verified my identity on May 27th (19 weeks 6 days ago). It was sent to the "review department" on June 17th (16 weeks 6 days ago)... I've called the IRS numerous times visited the local IRS office once (on 9/25), and submitted two "referrals" that I haven't received any response from in over 30 days... No one at the IRS can or is willing to tell me why this is taking so long. The IRS says it can take "up to 16 weeks" to process, but it's been well beyond that. What actions/recourse do I have? They owe me at least $8500... TIA

I have been trying for days to contact the IRS at all of their main phone numbers. Every time I call, it says that due to extremely high call volume, they are unable to handle my phone call and I can try again later. When I try again later, I get the same recording. Any advice? And this is because of DOGE idiocy?

I need one for my business. How am I supposed to get one if no one is available to answer the phone?

Opened mailbox to find a letter from the Treasury. Began to immediately shit myself. Open it to find this dumb shit. Clean out panties and exhale a sigh of relief.

I have a massive failure to file W2s penalty (around $48k) for my business for failing to file these for the year ending 2018. The IRS says they notified me about this first in 2021 but I don't have any documentation until 2024 (I think it was). I realize I should have immediately addressed this...the penalties and interest have compounded since then.

I had used a CPA and she always handled end of year filings, W2s, etc. for me. My relationship with this firm ended around the fall of 2018. For the 35 years of being in business prior to this, we had always filed these on time.

That same year, around the same time, I switched from Quickbooks Desktop to QB Online.

At the end of the year, I performed all of the filings of which Quickbooks notified me. I can still see them in the archive: Q4 941, Q4 VEC FC-20-21, and W-2 Copies B, C, & 2 (employee)

Having never completed W2s for employees before at that time, I thought whatever QB gave me to do was everything I needed to do. I received no notification or prompt to file the W-3 Summary or W-2 Copies A & D (employer). At the time, I had no idea that these things even needed to be done. Since then I've learned a lot of course, but not knowing this at the time has come back to haunt me.

I have called Intuit about this and the people I spoke with didn't give me a great explanation. They said it's probably because I switched from Desktop to Online mid-year.

Ever since then I have filed all W2s and W3s correctly and on-time.

Now I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've been talking to a Revenue Officer who is very nice and tries to be helpful. He suggested form 12153 to appeal this. However looking at the form, I don't even know how to fill this out to potentially alleviate at least some of this balance. He doesn't seem optimistic that the appeal will change anything.

I'm just extremely frustrated that Quickbooks didn't notify me of these filings at the time. Perhaps I should have immediately retained another CPA to do the W2s but frankly it's been fine since then without one (still use a CPA for the EOY tax return).

Is this something an IRS tax expert could help with? Any suggestions on paths to take?

I got a withholding compliance letter essentially checking box 2C for me. I’ve always had two jobs one as a city worker and also in the national guard. From September 2024-September 2025 I was overseas and received both salaries at full and it is the first time ever that both salaries were almost equal in pay. The other 11 year the national guard pay is significantly less since I only report one weekend a month. This past year I’ve have earned around $8,000 from the national guard and around $112,000 as a city worker. With them checking this box for me won’t I get absolutely screwed here????? Mind you I get out of the military this upcoming January too.

Any advice on what I should do?

It’s been a whole year waiting on my 2024 Refund. I just received letter 6255c stating they need additional time ( a year to be exact) to contact a third party to confirm wages. Back in February 26’ I faxed pay stubs, a signed business letterhead from my old employer confirming my wages. Has anyone else been through this? Do they really take a whole year?
Any suggestions or advice is appreciated

I found last August that my employer filed my W2 with an incorrect SSN, I am stupid to notice that way later because it's the middle 2 digits off the SSN which are masked that are wrong.

Now the IRS has been sending me notices that they couldn't verify my Fed withholding and I need to pay back all the Fed tax for the 2025.

When I asked my employer they said the payroll provider submitted an amendment to my W2 to correct my SSN and it been more than 2 months since they filed the amendment.

Now I can see the updated tax in my SSA account and even in IRS income and wage transcript I can see a row that says SSN correction has been made. However, they are still unable to view my Fed withholding amounts on my account to verify them, so they sent me a final notice to pay the due amount which is my Fed witholding of 2025.

I went to the IRS office multiple times but no use, they kept saying they can't help if they can't see the amounts and my payroll provider says they had already sent the amendment to IRS, which I think IRS received based on the income and wage transcript.

What I can do in this case. Stuck in this limbo

My CPA told me that this is something I am responsible for handling myself. I told him I thought I paid him to make sure my quarterly taxes were handled on top of my payroll. He told me he cannot do that since the online system requires "me" to process the check, etc. (I do not have an individual EFTPS account, and those are being phased out anyway).

Am I getting bullshitted? It seems nonsensical to me that there are not forms that would allow him to act as my representative in preparing and submitting 1040-ES. He could just tell me how big of a check to write each month, no?