You can’t make this up. My house rep’s office contacted me last week to take my case. I logged in to the IRS portal to pull PDFs of my IRS letters to submit as part of my tax advocacy support and what do you know, status change as of 8/31.

Perhaps the real path to success is apathy.

Current Updates:

1. Phone Verification Completed: Spoke with my assigned TAS Advocate directly today.

2. Phone System Note: For anyone waiting on a call from an advocate while overseas or using non-standard lines, note that IRS desk phones cannot place outgoing international calls! Checking secure email/spam was key to getting in touch.

3. Address Update: Confirmed domestic mailing address for paper check reissuance via manual release (Form 4442).

4. Official TAS Timeline: Formal email states standard maximum follow-up date (approx. 60 days / early November resolution target).

Question for the Community:

For those who had a TAS advocate manually submit a Form 4442 release for a TC 570 freeze after a returned refund, how long did it take for TC 571 and TC 846 to post on your transcript relative to the advocate's formal letter date?

I currently owe $1,630 I just received a letter in the mail saying that can help me stating

“WE ADVISE you to contact us immediately upon receipt of this notice for assistance with preventing the
STATE OF NEW YORK from initiating these actions and to potentially settle your tax debt for as low as $81.75. The fee for our service is only 15% of what you owe.”

Has anyone ever gotten a letter like this? Has anyone his worked for you?

Hello all,

I had a period of time in my life where I definitely allowed time to elapse between when I should have filed in when I did file,l however I did make sure to do so within the timeline allotted. I understood that it would take longer because I did not file on a timely manner. However, I did make sure to send my paperwork certified and provide explanation/context. In the last 2 1/2 years, I have not been able to speak to anyone on the phone except for one time and at that time he stated that they were still researching the issue relating to my refund. I am an incredibly patient person however even I have my limits and because of this, I am turning to y’all to see if there’s an unconventional but still appropriate method to get this resolved. I know some people have had success by emailing or mailing there representative or Senator and I wanted to see what entity I should reach out to or how I should approach the matter given I’m concerns they are now gonna turn around and say that the time has elapsed despite my physical proof that I mailed everything in within the deadline. Specifically for tax year 2020 and year 2021. I am going to attach the only activity on the transcripts for the years in question.

I had to re-submit my taxes via mail. I hadn't gotten my taxes yet and I moved. I submitted the paperwork to update my address, but I'm concerned that I won't get it. I sent it last month so I was hoping to see if anyone had any ideas.

Hi everyone! Hoping someone who has dealt with this can help.

I filed an amended return and my transcript originally showed my refund being issued as a paper check. I recently checked again and now have Code 740 – “Undelivered refund returned to IRS.”

What’s confusing is that the IRS also mailed me a notice regarding the amended return/refund, and that notice arrived at my address with no problem. For some reason, though, the actual refund check was apparently marked undeliverable and returned to the IRS.

My address is correct, so I’m trying to figure out what I need to do next.

Has anyone dealt with this recently?

• Will the IRS automatically try to mail the check again, or do I need to contact them to have it reissued?
• What is the best number/department to call to actually reach someone who can remove the hold and reissue the check? I have been calling all day and have been unable to get through to anyone.
• If you had a Code 740, how long did it take to get your replacement check?
• Did your transcript eventually update with another Code 846 once the check was reissued?

I really don't want this to sit there indefinitely if I need to take action myself. Any advice from someone who has gone through this would be appreciated!

I know, one is suppose to get info before the work starts. I trusted him, and I couldn’t have. i paid him over 20k, now he is unreachable. What do I do about my LLC taxes?

I was trying to create my IRS account, but when I took a picture of my ID, the ID.me software incorrectly entered my name. Part of my first name was placed under my middle name.

The only options I’m seeing are to confirm the information or retake the photo. Does ID.me allow me to manually change my name, or is there another way to fix this before completing the verification?

I don’t want to confirm it with the incorrect name. What’s the best way to handle this?

When I filed I initially got an identity verification which supposedly put a 180 day review. My return is substantial, however in the past 6 months I have filed>filed 911 with tas>filed an amended>amended has been processed>tas says oar filed>new hold placed on refund>tas filed tao financial hardship. This has been a long drug out process. Rivo has had my refund for review for several months and will not release my refund. This will be going on 7-8 months. I understand being shortstaffed but this is very hard to deal with. It’s impossible to get through to an agent to find out the tc for the hold, all of my documents are in order now and from reputable sources. I do not understand that If the amended has been processed why it would still require a hold.

It has been over a month now with us waiting for approval from a manager, and we are relying on this approval to move forward in buying a house we have under contract. We have called a few times, and each time, the rep seems genuinely surprised we have not yet been approved/reviewed, which leads to them resending the request. Our concern is the chance of us getting our queue reset every time this happens. If we don't make our 1st payment by Oct 1st, we likely lose it all, because we are already hanging on my a thread by not having it in motion by Sept 1st.

So, I filed my 2025 tax return around March and mailed it in April. Toward the end of April, I received a letter from the IRS (LTR 4087C) requesting a declaration/signature. I immediately faxed back the requested signature along with the letter.
It has now been over 90 days. When I check “Where’s My Refund?”, it says that my documents have been received and are still being processed, but that the IRS does not need anything else from me at this time.
I’ve also been trying to create an IRS online account so that I can access my transcripts and hopefully get more information about what is happening. However, I’ve been unable to verify my identity using my passport and SSN. I’m an international student, so I’m using my international passport for the identity verification, but it keeps failing. What’s confusing is that “Where’s My Refund?” is still able to locate my return.
I decided to call the IRS directly and was eventually able to speak with an agent. However, they also had difficulty verifying my identity and, after verification, seemed unable to locate my return/documents in their system. I then used another IRS sub number and spoke with an agent from another department. The agent was incredibly kind and spent almost an hour trying to figure out what was going on. I was then given a reference/submission number, but when I spoke with another agent, they had the same issue.
The strangest part is that the IRS apparently could not see that the LTR 4087C letter had even been sent to me, despite the fact that I physically received it and responded to it immediately.
I know several other international students who filed their taxes through the same service/site as me, and they have already received their refunds. At this point, I feel completely in the dark and don’t know what else I can do.
Has anyone experienced something similar, especially as an international student? Is there another department or process I should contact to get this resolved? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I work at a legal aid office (provide free legal services to low-income/elderly clients) and this situation really has me confused as to where to go. My client is elderly and has not filed taxes for many years. The IRS is saying she filed 20 frivolous tax returns in 2021 and 33 frivolous tax returns in 2022, and are charging her $5,000 for each return. The problem is that she did not file any tax returns for many years. She submitted the Identity Theft Affidavit and it was rejected by the IRS. The IRS assessed fines in the amount of 100k and 165k for the two tax years. The client is elderly, lives on social security, and has literally no ability to pay this off. The client would like to fight this more, but my instinct was to request copies of the tax returns in question, but they are $30 each and that would be a huge financial burden. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help is truly appreciated

These are the complete manual recovery steps used. They work only while the successful IRS assignment page is still open and holding the letter in memory.

Important: do not reapply for another EIN. This recovers the document from the existing session.

I did not figure this out completely on my own. I used ChatGPT on my Mac and gave it control to diagnose and run everything. After it successfully recovered the file, I had ChatGPT create the step by step instructions for you guys.

## 1. Preserve the IRS page

On the iPhone:

1. Keep the successful `einAssignment` tab open.
   
2. Don’t refresh it or clear Safari’s website data.
   
3. If you have multiple working copies of the assignment page, leave one untouched. The inspected tab may ultimately navigate away to display the PDF.

## 2. Enable Web Inspector

On the iPhone:

1. Open Settings.
   
2. Select Apps → Safari → Advanced.
   
3. Turn on **Web Inspector**.
   
4. Return to Safari and display the IRS assignment page.

On the Mac:

1. Open Safari.
   
2. Select Safari → Settings → Advanced.
   
3. Enable **Show features for web developers**.

Apple/WebKit documents this remote-inspection setup here: [Enabling Web Inspector](https://webkit.org/web-inspector/enabling-web-inspector/).

## 3. Connect the iPhone

1. Connect the unlocked iPhone to the Mac with a cable.
   
2. Tap **Trust** if the iPhone asks whether you trust the Mac.
   
3. Keep the IRS tab visible on the iPhone.
   
4. In Mac Safari, open the **Develop** menu.
   
5. Select your iPhone.
   
6. Select the page named something like:

```text
sa.www4.irs.gov — einAssignment
```

A Web Inspector window should open.

If the phone doesn’t appear, reconnect the cable, unlock it, confirm Trust, and toggle Web Inspector off and back on.

## 4. Confirm the Safari error

1. In Web Inspector, select **Console**.
   
2. Tap the IRS “Download EIN confirmation Letter [PDF]” button once on the iPhone.

The console should show an error beginning with:

```text
Not allowed to navigate top frame to data URL
'data:application/pdf;base64,...
```

That confirms the real PDF exists, but Safari is blocking the IRS page’s download method.

## 5. Run the recovery command

At the bottom of the Web Inspector Console, click beside the `>` prompt.

Review and then paste this command:

```js
(() => {
const control = [...document.querySelectorAll("a, button")]
.find(element =>
element.textContent?.includes("Download EIN confirmation Letter")
);

if (!control) {
throw new Error("The IRS download control was not found.");
}

const fiberKey = Object.keys(control)
.find(key => key.startsWith("__reactFiber$"));

if (!fiberKey) {
throw new Error("The IRS page's React state was not found.");
}

const skippedKeys = new Set([
"return",
"child",
"sibling",
"alternate",
"stateNode",
"_owner"
]);

function findLetter(root) {
const visited = new WeakSet();

function search(value, depth = 0) {
if (
!value ||
typeof value !== "object" ||
visited.has(value) ||
depth > 10 ||
value === window ||
value instanceof Node
) {
return null;
}

visited.add(value);

if (
value.confirmationLetter &&
typeof value.confirmationLetter.content === "string"
) {
return value.confirmationLetter;
}

for (const [key, child] of Object.entries(value)) {
if (skippedKeys.has(key)) continue;

const result = search(child, depth + 1);
if (result) return result;
}

return null;
}

return search(root);
}

let fiber = control[fiberKey];
let letter = null;

for (let level = 0; fiber && level < 40 && !letter; level++) {
letter =
findLetter(fiber.memoizedProps) ||
findLetter(fiber.memoizedState) ||
findLetter(fiber.dependencies);

fiber = fiber.return;
}

if (!letter?.content) {
throw new Error("The confirmation-letter data is no longer in memory.");
}

const binary = atob(letter.content.replace(/\s/g, ""));
const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);

for (let index = 0; index < binary.length; index++) {
bytes[index] = binary.charCodeAt(index);
}

const signature = new TextDecoder().decode(bytes.slice(0, 5));

if (signature !== "%PDF-") {
throw new Error("The recovered data does not have a valid PDF signature.");
}

const pdf = new Blob([bytes], { type: "application/pdf" });
const localUrl = URL.createObjectURL(pdf);
const link = document.createElement("a");

link.href = localUrl;
link.download = `${letter.letterType || "EIN-confirmation"}.pdf`;
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();

setTimeout(() => {
URL.revokeObjectURL(localUrl);
link.remove();
}, 300000);

return {
filename: link.download,
size: pdf.size,
signature
};
})();
```

Press Return.

This command never contacts another website or sends the PDF anywhere. It reads the letter already present in the IRS page, verifies that its decoded bytes begin with the standard `%PDF-` signature, and creates a temporary local `blob:` URL.

## 6. Save the PDF

The iPhone should navigate to a URL beginning with:

```text
blob:https://sa.www4.irs.gov/
```

The CP575 should then appear.

1. Tap the PDF to reveal Safari’s controls.
   
2. Tap Share.
   
3. Select **Save to Files**.
   
4. Give it a clear filename.
   
5. Save it to iCloud Drive or another permanent folder.
   
6. Open the saved file from Files and verify it displays **IRS Notice CP575/G** and the EIN-assignment statement.

After confirming the downloaded copy opens correctly, you can close Web Inspector and the old IRS tabs.

If the script reports that the control, React state or confirmation data cannot be found, the active page state has likely been lost. If you are still on the page that says something like season times out, check to see if you can bring the page back that has the download button by hitting the back button in the browser (this worked for me).

This is my first ever post on Reddit. Hopefully someone finds this and it’s able to save them a headache! I tried calling The IRS several times and every time it automatically hung up saying too many people were calling for the same issue. All my research pointed to calling being the only solution for a new LLC. That’s when I asked ChatGPT for help. If you have your favorite AI that can access the needed areas, I highly recommend copying this message and tell it to do it for you. Good luck!

If you earn within one personal income tax bracket, but then earn enough to push you into the next personal income tax bracket, does the IRS care about concepts like marginal tax rates, or would they just care about your tax liabilities, in particular under- and over-payments?

Is it just the economists, consumer experts, politicians et al who care about these concepts?

Just wondering if anyone has insight to the timeline after these codes appeared last week nearly 3 weeks after they received it. Do they mean anything? Is there progress?

Originally Filed end of Feb
Verification
Congressman-> TAS
Then another issue where my job sent the wrong w2?
Amended was filed.
Finally received by IRS
Now do i actually wait 16 weeks?
TAS said 90 days reach back out after filing so do i wait till halloween?

EDIT: do they pay me interest on my refund?

First year I’m going to do my taxes. I passed $600 in revenue on Depop and didn’t realize I’d have a 1099 coming for me. I have stuff planned out, receipts for : my packaging, gas, Depop fees for deductibles. I had everything going into and linked to my bank of America checking account. I found out I should have been putting all of that money into a separated business account

So I wanted to ask IRS Reddit, what do I do after I get a business account, will that have any effect on my personal checking account that has money already in it, or is the IRS only looking at the $600 that was made in Depop, I kind of scared myself

Forgot to add that this is in California if that helps?

I am sending 1040 tax return with W-7 for my spouse. I called 2 local CAAs and ask to certify the passport and submit our W-7 instead. However, both of them insist that the tax return must be signed by my CPA - wet signature, they don't accept software stamps. He is in CA and I recently moved to FL so I can't get his signature by seeing him at his office. He asks me to mail the forms with the original passport, but I am afraid there is a decent risk of losing it. This passport has my spouse's visa label.

All 3 AIs Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok state that the IRS doesn't require a CPA wet signature, only me and my spouse need to sign it with ink.

Did someone have any experience filing 1040 and W-7 for a spouse through a CAA? Did you get wet signature from your CPA? How did you handle the logistics?

When I filed my taxes from a previous year it said I owed 3561. This letter from the irs says I owed 6533 when I filed, I’m also unsure what the payment or credits are for because I haven’t made any payments.

It is true I can file a form to ask for forgiveness on interest/penalties. And if so, what would my new amount be ? Thank you

My tax advisor experienced a medical event a few days before April 15 and filed an extension for us and several other clients within safe harbor.

Since April, I have not received any correspondence. I have messaged them every few weeks via their tax portal and emailed them directly, but I haven't heard anything back. I have continued to pay my quarterly fees, with another one coming up before the extension deadline.

I pay a quarterly fee to their LLC for year-round advice and tax preparation, including a mid-year tax evaluation. It is a small, one-person firm we have used for several years. Honestly, they are great and I typically hear back quite quickly (within 1-2 days) when I reach out.

However, the LLC appears to no longer be in good standing due to a failure to submit an annual report. The LLC is not yet dissolved because of a grace period, but that grace period ends in a few days. The preparer is a CPA and their license is still active.

I am not too worried about the 2025 return, but at what point do I start contacting other preparers and tax advisors? This year's taxes are similar to the past several, but I'll have a significant capital gain increase in the 2026 tax year. Any advice on how to handle this situation, particularly since it involves a health event?

I filed In February had to cancel it in march due to incorrect stuff my preparer type because of dementia, got told I had to mail return mailed it and never got accepted or anything… August 4 I was able to efile a 1040x and pops up on where’s my admended return, so what will happen now?

Also my transcript says not available lol