Question by Kelly C: Why did my expected 2008 tax refund date change from January 30th to February 6th to February 10th?
Filed and accepted on January 16th through Tax Brain and accepted by the IRS on January 17th. Requested the 2 week rapid refund and paid for it, and expected date from SBBT was January 30th. Checked irs.gov three days ago and it said that expected refund would be February 6th. Checked yesterday as well as today and now it says February 10th.

After endless answer searching online I still could not find a plausible answer. So I decided to go through the expected nightmare of contacting the IRS by phone and speaking with a machine…errrr…robot…..errr some form of life that speaks. After a 20 minute wait my call was answered. I was not told anything about a glitch or error. What I was told was that I would NOT be receiving my refund tomorrow.

****ANSWER: I was told that the IRS had to make a minor correction to my return and that is what caused the delay. He could not tell me what the correction was(the system does not tell him), only that it was minor therefore the IRS did not need to contact me to make the correction.****

Prefaced by “its not set in stone”, he said I should receive my refund on February 10. I went on to ask what could have been possibly corrected seeing as I used the same certified website I have used the past 8 years which uses software to prepare the return and I have never had this problem before. Again, he did not have an answer. He concluded with the IRS company line of “check the website next week and you should see new updates”.

The only correction I think that might have needed to be done was correcting the control number on my W-2, as I filed off of my last paycheck. Since filing I have received my W-2 and everything but the control number was entered correctly. I really really really don’t think that would cause a 7 day delay. Soooooo…..Cynical as I am I still don’t have an answer I can trust and honestly that sucks. I guess all we can do is keep FIGHTING THE POWER!

ANYONE HAVE A REALISTIC ANSWER THAT MAKES SENSE?

Source(s):
1-800-829-1040 like “911 is a joke” – Public Enemy

Best answer:

Answer by crz
browse through the questions on here and they all ask the same similar questions. i opted for e-file and was given a date of the 30th. then it changed to the 10th as well. the IRS is having computer problems. but if you e-file yourself, go to the website you used and check your status. I used taxact and it still says the 30th.

good luck

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