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Can I e-file after mailing in my tax return since the IRS is not processing paper returns due to COVID-19?

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May 6, 2020
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RobertG

You can only e-file the original return.

The IRS will not accept an e-filed return after another return has been processed.

If your paper return has not been processed, the IRS might accept an e-filed return.

When the paper filed return is processed, you can expect some correspondence from the IRS regarding the two returns.

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Dianne Fisher

I have called several times and provided the required information to see if the IRS received my tax return and it is in process - they cannot provide this information. I take that to mean they have not received my tax return mailed February 2, 2022.

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NCPERSON1

@ Dianne Fisher - the IRS is woefully behind on processing paper returns. I'd give it a good 6-9 months (so Aug - Nov) before even being concerned,...... from the IRS website, 80% of the backlog are the paper returns!

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue#collapseCollapsible1639064526818

"As of May 20, 2022, we had 9.8 million unprocessed individual returns which include returns received before 2022, and new tax year 2021 returns. Of these, 2 million returns require error correction or other special handling, and 7.8 million are paper returns waiting to be reviewed and processed."