Sharpe noted the best thing you can do is to not call the IRS, because you most likely won’t be able to get through to someone who can sort out your situation, but said check on your refund status on the IRS website. A lot of these people whose refunds are being held up, really, really need their money,” she said. They're changing tax code and tax laws consistently and constantly using antiquated systems,” said Sharpe. “You think about the IRS employees and what they've had to do over the course of the last year and a half, is process stimulus checks. She noted the bad situation is made worse for the IRS when you add in a pandemic and a labor shortage. Nearly 15 million people throughout the United States are waiting on tax refunds. The same hangup you get, we’re going to get as well.” “The same hour or two that you would be on hold, we are on hold, we are on hold, as well. “It's not that your tax preparer has done something wrong, it's just that there is a backlog,” she said. She said the problem is the IRS is backlogged, and the organization went into the 2020 tax season, with backlogs from 2019. “It can be really frustrating, but the best advice we give people is patience.” “People aren't getting their refunds that they're used to getting in less than 21 days,” said Sharpe. Sharpe said they, too, are inundated with calls from clients asking when they will get their tax refunds. Among other services, the firm files taxes for businesses and individuals. Meltrice Sharpe is a CPA and the managing partner of CLE Consulting Firm. She said she is owed about $7,500, and that is not accounting for the child tax credits for her two children. “It said it hasn’t been processed,” she said. She’s logged into IRS’s refund tracker more times than she can count. They’re going to give me the same answer that they’re giving to you, they’re just processing it,’” she said. I mean, it’s very frustrating,” said Longo. “You wait for an hour sometimes and it kicks you out of the line. “At the beginning I was just checking my bank and I thought well this is strange,” she said. “Apparently, after we did that hey announced the IRS was going to do everything automatically, with unemployment, but it was too late for us because we had already filed the amendment,” she said.įive months later, Longo is still waiting for her refund. When that happened, Longo’s tax preparer filed an amendment on her behalf. In March, the American Rescue Plan became law stating that the first 10,200$ of unemployment benefits would not be taxable income. “It’s usually super fast and the money is in the bank.”īut this year, of course, was not like past years. I don’t like waiting until the last minute,” said Longo. She said every year, she files her taxes early. CLEVELAND - Claudia Longo is not a procrastinator.
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