What does it mean when your federal tax return has been Accepted by the IRS when you e-file?

Question

Does this mean that they agree with the calculations?

What is the likelyhood of being audited after your return has been accepted?

Does this lower the probability of being audited?

Or does it just mean they are acknowledging they have recieved a a complete tax return regardless of what you actually put down?

Answer 1

They are acknowledging that they received your return and have done some very basic checking of it - for example have verified that the social security numbers you listed are valid and match the names, and that nobody else has already claimed the same dependent that you did or filed a return with your ssn. If you claimed something you shouldn't have, or left out some income, they would catch that later, long after they send the ack.

The likelihood of being audited doesn't go up or down because you e-filed, it depends on what information you have on your return. If you left off a W-2 or 1099 something like that, they'll catch it for sure when they compare your return to what they received from other sources - it won't be a full audit, they'll just send you a letter notifying you, and telling you how much extra to send to them, or if you get real lucky, how much they're going to refund to you. This won't happen right away - would be months or over a year.

If they are going to audit you, that most likely won't happen for awhile either. People get audited because something on their return "looks funny" or out of the normal range, to the computers, even though it might be correct - being audited doesn't mean you'll owe more if you can prove that what you put down is accurate. There are also random audits, where returns just get picked randomly.

Answer 2

Tax Return Accepted

Answer 3

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What does it mean when your federal tax return has been Accepted by the IRS when you e-file?
Does this mean that they agree with the calculations?

What is the likelyhood of being audited after your return has been accepted?

Does this lower the probability of being audited?

Or does it just mean they are acknowledging they have recieved a a complete tax return regardless of what you...

Answer 4

I know this is at least a 9 year old question. In case someone else wants to know something similar to this question. After you file your taxes and receive the money. You can still be audited up to 3 years after filing.

Answer 5

It means that your return was accepted as accurate. You can go to http://irs.gov to check the status of your refund.

This has nothing to do with being audited, though. The IRS can decide to audit you 3 years from now based on this return if they so wish.

Answer 6

I think its just an acknowledgement that it that they have recieved it and the math adds up, but I'm sure you can still be audited

Answer 7

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