• Successful refunds?

      Is anyone actually getting their refunds sent to them? I have 2 in progress and 1 is now over 1 year old. I cannot even get a response from the “frivolous dept”. I have done everything correctly and thoroughly and I get no responses now. All sent certified mail but they just don’t seem to care. I submitted a complaint with Taxpayer Advocate Service for both.

      • Hi Phil, I am in the same boat. I submitted 6 last Feb/March. 3 for me, 3 for my husband. He received one and that was it. I have received multiple letters since, one recently denying 2023 and they are telling me I can take them to court if I wish

        • Really? The letter said they would not process it and to take to court? Would you share this letter. Maybe CTC doesn’t work anymore?

          • I’ve received one for 2023 an they took that from what they claim I owe from 2016 then child support took the rest. Still waiting on 2024 an 2025

            • I sent two years in with the exact same format. The first one…they sent me a full refund as requested. The second one…no word. I waited a year and then I called Taxpayer Advocate Service and they told me it was sent to frivolous claims dept. I argued “why would you approve one and then deny another with the exact same verbiage?” The guy I spoke to agreed and he told me he wrote that in a note and then “pinged” it back to an agent. Then told me to wait another month and if I haven’t heard anything to call back again.

              Additionally the return I sent in for last year got stuck in their system and they are claiming I never sent it. I sent it certified and have proof, but to be sure I did it all a second time and sent it certified AGAIN. I have been getting letters from them saying I “need to file 2024 income taxes by X date”.

              At this point I’ve been considering never sending them anything else again. But I’m open to feedback.

              • I sent in an amended 2022 return in April of this year and have heard nothing. I don’t expect to hear anything anytime soon, especially after reading these replies. 🙂 I need to get to work on the amended 2023 and 2024 and file 2025 correctly.


                I wonder if they are getting a good amount of these and are trying to figure out how to handle them?


                I get the email newsletter from the author of CTC and one of the most recents ones he talks about how his method still works! This link below was in his email newsletter in which he says has over 1500 documented success stories using CTC.

                https://losthorizons.com/BulletinBoard.htm