You worked hard all year. You kept all your receipts. You've filed your tax return that indicates you'll get a large refund this year. So where's your refund check?
The IRS processes hundreds of millions of tax returns each year, and a few refund checks will get lost in the shuffle. Sometimes taxpayer's returns contain incorrect information that's holding up that refund check. The most common mistake that people make when filing their tax returns are they make a typo - an incorrect social security number, bank deposit or routing number, or mailing address will cause a delay.