Mailed my paper return, and request for refund on February 8th. I have nothing to claim, no dependents, file single, and take the standard deduction for being an old fart. It’s been just about five months, and today, Where’s my refund is finally showing they have received my return. I assumed my return had been lost in the mail. It’s never taken this long for IRS to process my form or refund.
Paper returns created a problem as the IRS still has many employees working from home. They can work on electronic filed returns from home but not paper filed returns.
They are rapidly getting caught up.
Amended returns that were paper filed were even worse.