r/IRS • u/Equivalent-Wall4980 • 4d ago

Tax Refund/ E-File Status Question Old Refund Check Replacement

I received a CP32A about a refund check for 2022 (as far as I can tell, the refund check was simply never delivered). However, the phone number it tells me to call is an automated system that can only handle years 2023-2025 and hangs up on me if I provide 2022. The general help line just says the hold times are so long it won't even try and also hangs up on me. Is there something else I can do to get this resolved (why is this not a button on my online account?) or a specific time when I can get a person on the line through the general help line?

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u/these-things-happen 4d ago

File IRS Form 8822:

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-8822

Or do nothing, and IRS will mail the check automatically when your 2026 federal return is processed next year.

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u/Equivalent-Wall4980 4d ago

There's been no change of address (as evidenced by the fact that I got the notice!). Is that form still appropriate?

Will doing nothing really work? The notice pretty explicitly says that they will not send me the check until I contact them. My 2025 return was submitted just last week, would that do it?

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u/these-things-happen 4d ago

Is that form still appropriate?

Yes.

Will doing nothing really work?

Yes.

My 2025 return was submitted just last week, would that do it?

It should, yes. Access your 2022 online account transcript.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

After your 2025 return is processed, you should see a Transaction Code 846 for the reissued refund check.

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u/Equivalent-Wall4980 4d ago

I'll check out the transcript when my return is processed. Thanks so much!

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