Tax refund length of time.
Jul 25th 2017, 2:22 am
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Tax refund length of time.
Hi all,
Posting to see if anyone else has had a similar situation.
My husband and I filed our first ever paper tax return, prepared on TurboTax, at the end of March. I received a tiny tax refund a couple of weeks ago but 17 weeks after initially filing the automated line is still saying my husband's part (and hopefully the bigger refund) hasn't been assessed yet. When we've rung and been able to speak to an actual person they've not been able to tell us anything other than 'keep waiting'. Is this normal or should I be concerned? Looking online this timescale seems to exceed all normal times for processing tax returns.
Thanks in advance!
Posting to see if anyone else has had a similar situation.
My husband and I filed our first ever paper tax return, prepared on TurboTax, at the end of March. I received a tiny tax refund a couple of weeks ago but 17 weeks after initially filing the automated line is still saying my husband's part (and hopefully the bigger refund) hasn't been assessed yet. When we've rung and been able to speak to an actual person they've not been able to tell us anything other than 'keep waiting'. Is this normal or should I be concerned? Looking online this timescale seems to exceed all normal times for processing tax returns.
Thanks in advance!
Jul 25th 2017, 2:43 am
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Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
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Re: Tax refund length of time.
It's been quite a while but I seem to recall a significant time gap in ours when done by mail compared to when we began netfiling.
Jul 25th 2017, 3:18 am
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Re: Tax refund length of time.
Perhaps just a waiting game then. As time ticks on though you can't help but wonder if us first timers did something wrong. Hopefully not!
p.s I'm guessing your name is based on where you lived before. We are also former Bristolians. Now living in Oakville
Jul 25th 2017, 1:10 pm
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Re: Tax refund length of time.
I think our first one was about four months.
Since then we've been able to file online, and refunds are usually back in a few weeks.
Since then we've been able to file online, and refunds are usually back in a few weeks.
Jul 25th 2017, 1:16 pm
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Jul 25th 2017, 4:27 pm
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Jul 26th 2017, 9:59 pm
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Joined: Jan 2005
Location: Was Calgary back in Edmonton again !!
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Re: Tax refund length of time.
sent it..had it ... spent it
