I Think The US Mail Lost My Tax Return – How Do I Find Out?
go to the irs website and find the “check my refund” page. If i remember correctly from past years, it will tell if your return is being processed. Keep in mind, it won’t say this the first day they get it, so you may have to wait a couple weeks. I also believe you can find a number to call with an automated service that will give you the same info. You will need your social security number and the amount of your refund.
You are probably right, oaf. I should stick to answering unix-related questions, since I am obviously out of my depth on this subject (see above where I am proven wrong about State taxes too). I was 100% sure of the fact before this thread, but reading a little more on return receipts elsewhere, I don’t doubt that I’m wrong. I am glad the Asker got some good advice, despite my answers!
An antipodean friend asks: Can I ask a derail – you have to fill out separate State and Federal taxes? and this is standard/common? Basically, yes. But as noted not all states have an income tax; it’s entirely up to the state government to decide to have one. Generally if not they collect similar amounts of revenue by other means. In a few situations you can be required to pay state income taxes to two states — say if you work in New York but live in New Jersey. But many states have “compacts” that allow you to pay only one state, or at the very least pay both states apportioned amounts. Again, entirely up to the states involved. Yes, and Americans even have to fill out Local taxes for their municipality/borough/city/whatever. Very few entities below the state level actually levy an income tax, and generally when they do it’s collected by the state, so it’s just a matter of filling in another line on a form. Most local entities are funded by oroperty and sales taxes. The US, notably,
Ok. I took domino’s advice and went to the IRS website, it looks like they got everything and I can expect a refund soon. Thank you for all your help. I never knew that you could check on the status of a refund. I was bracing myself for a never ending miserable telephone call through gazillions of prompts and unhelpful people to see if the IRS received my tax return. However, I still never got my Return Receipt Requested (green card) back from the IRS. I suppose it doesn’t really matter at this point as I’m certain it was received by the IRS. I guess things really can get lost in the mail (it hasn’t actually ever happened to me before). And yes, if you live in one state and work in another, you have to file 2 sets of state income tax and a federal income tax. To take that even further, some cities and municipalities have their own that you have to file as well… Imagine living in 1 state, working in another in a city/municipality with its own tax return (ie Yonkers, NY)… that would
