If due refund after 6 months of paper filing, IRS says .......

[Max W]

"What you should do: In most instances, no further action is needed. Whether you filed electronically or by paper, we will contact you by mail if we need more information or if we made a change to your return. If you filed electronically and received an acknowledgement, you do not need to take any further action other than promptly responding to any requests for information. If you are due a refund, filed on paper more than six months ago, and Where’s My Refund? does not indicate we received your return, you should resubmit your tax return, electronically if possible."

This is only one of about 20 topics on this report concerning delays including 2848 processing, ID theft, forms that temporarily allow digital sigs, and more.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue#:~:text=As of November 4%2C 2022,to be reviewed and processed.

[mcbreck]

Status of Processing Form 1040-X, Amended Individual Tax Return: As of November 5, 2022, we had one million unprocessed Forms 1040-X. We are processing these returns in the order received and the current timeframe can be more than 20 weeks.

[Catherine]

I had a client who paper filed a return and had no response for over 6 months. Client called IRS and got instructed to e-file, at which point I was asked to re-create the paper return and e-file it. (Simple return; had been done correctly.) Refund received a week and a half later.