IRS NOTICE REFERENCE
Understanding your CP44 notice
There’s a delay sending your refund. We’re checking to see if you owe other federal taxes.
General information only. Not legal or tax advice.
Notice details
- Notice code
- CP44
- Category
- Account and informational
- Severity tier
- Tier 1 — Routine. Informational or administrative notice; no response typically required.
- Source
- IRS.gov — Understanding Your IRS Notice
What this notice is
There’s a delay sending your refund. We’re checking to see if you owe other federal taxes.
Source: IRS.gov. Reproduced for reference. General information — not legal or tax advice.
What the IRS says to do
You don’t need to do anything. Within 8 weeks, we’ll either: Send your refund, including any applicable interest, or Mail you another notice explaining how we applied your refund to other federal taxes you owe. Send your refund, including any applicable interest, or Mail you another notice explaining how we applied your refund to other federal taxes you owe.
This is the IRS’s own guidance reproduced from the IRS notice page. It describes the IRS’s process — it is not legal or tax advice from TaxRiskOS.
Official IRS reference
Read the official notice page on IRS.gov: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp44-notice
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