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What additional steps or options are available to address a 570 hold on my tax return, which has been in place since May and has not shown any movement or been accompanied by additional codes or notices?

Robert James, 20+ years of experience in IRS matters
Answered on September 28,2023

You could reach out to your Congressional Representative:

Representatives

and Senators:

Contact Senators

and ask for Taxpayer Advocate Service intervention as a constituent referral.

Contact Tax Payer Advocate

Otherwise you'll probably be waiting a few more months.

It looks like your return got held because you had way too much tax withholding from your W-2 relative to the tax you owed on your income. Many people have been inflating the amount of federal tax withholding in order to get bigger refunds than they deserve, and IRS appears to be cracking down on that.

Unfortunately for you that means you have to wait for months for a person to get to your return unless you can get help from Taxpayer Advocate Service.

In the future make sure you don't have so much tax withholding. I can't give you an exact amount, but try to get your withholding closer to zero or at least less than $1000 unless you have kids and qualify for credits. You can use the Tax Withholding Estimator to adjust your withholding to match a targeted refund amount. Just be sure to always check at least once a year, like in February.

Tax Withholding Estimator

What additional steps or options are available to address a 570 hold on my tax return, which has been in place since May and has not shown any movement or been accompanied by additional codes or notices?

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