Wow-I think things are really mesed up this year-I prepared my DD17 in early Jan. simple form etc she works part time-IRS couldn't accept electronic returns until the 17th so it sat there waiting thru h and r block until then, Filed DS 21 soon after that again simple return works part time but is in college full tie, ha nd r block said I had to wait until the 17th for a form for college to become available, I did and went back in and e-filed. bothe these were accepted on the 17th. MyDD was projected to get refund the 25th, and DS was the 1st. then the where's my refund page went down, when it came back up DD was projected to get hers 2-1, which she did, DS was changed to 2-8 which is today, checked o it last night and this morning and now it says they have received his return and should receive refund in 6 weeks from filing date WTH-the kinker to this is, I e-filed DS 24 on 1-24-12, again pretty simple , works full time, lives at home, but does have student loan interest to deduct, nothing else, his refund was i his account on 2-1-12. I feel bad for DS 21, cause he could really use it, just don't know why is being held up. I just efiled mine on Monday so we will see what happens with that. I am sure if we owed the IRS and we projected when we were going to pay them and then changed it they wouldn't like it.
For my DD, Tax Act shows
Federal Return Acceptance Information:
This federal electronic return has been successfully filed. It was accepted by the Internal Revenue Service(IRS) on 2/4/2012.
but WMR still shows the message that it hasn't been received or that something was entered incorrectly in the WMR site.
Anyone else that filed around Feb 4th also getting that message?
The IRS website states....
"Update: We are aware that some taxpayers who have filed electronically and received an acknowledgement from the IRS are concerned when they visit "Where's My Refund" and are told that we have no information regarding their return. This is a temporary situation, and we expect to resolve the matter in a few days. At that time, taxpayers will be able to get an expected refund date when they visit "Where's My Refund."
If a taxpayer received an acknowledgment message that their e-filed tax return has been received, they can be assured that the IRS has the tax return even though "Where's My Refund" does not reflect that. Taxpayers should not call the IRS unless specifically directed by "Where's My Refund," as there is no new information to give them.
We expect the vast majority of tax refunds to continue to be issued within the historical range of 10 to 21 days. The IRS is taking steps to update information so that Where's My Refund has current information. The IRS apologizes for any inconvenience and will provide updated information as soon as possible."
I filed around the same time and get the same message your DD does. It's annoying but since the IRS is aware of it I am not worried.