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Federal refund says my tax return is still being processed, but had an email saying it was accepted and we got our state refund. Any idea what is going on?

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March 8, 2021
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When I check my federal refund it says my tax return is still being processed, but I had an email from turbotax saying it was already accepted. And we already got our state refund back, so I was wondering if you had any idea what was going on? and it has been over 3 weeks since it was accepted, the state refund only took like a week to get, and that's the one we normally have to wait on.

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CarissaM

Accepted is the initial stage, which is when the IRS does a quick check to ensure things look okay and match with social security number and date of birth. Then it moves to processing, which takes around 21 days, it can take longer.

The state can often be issued prior to the federal refund, as they have less returns to process.

If it has been 21 days or more since the return was accepted, you can click here to contact the IRS and they can check the status of the return.

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