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Letter 4464C: Selected for Review, Nothing Required of You Yet

Letter 4464C says the IRS selected your return to determine whether income, expenses, and credits are being reported accurately, and it is verifying your income and withholding. The IRS's instruction is that you do not need to take any action, and it asks you not to call until 60 days after the letter date. If nothing has arrived by then, the page gives 800-829-1040 as the follow-up number.

General information, not tax or legal advice. Deadlines and dollar figures below reflect what the IRS publishes and can change; the controlling dates are the ones printed on your own notice. ClearChoiceRadar is not affiliated with the IRS or any government agency.

The refund review path

  1. Return filedRefund claimed
  2. CP05Refund held for review
  3. CP05ADocuments requested
  4. OutcomeRefund released or adjusted

What this letter is not

4464C is the 60 day review letter; refunds come at day 60.
The page states no review length. The 60 days is the window the IRS asks you to wait before calling, nothing more. Some reviews resolve faster, some slower.
4464C means audit.
The letter is a pre-refund verification. If the IRS wants documents or opens an examination, different letters do that job.

The one useful thing to do while waiting

Reread your return. The IRS's page suggests reviewing it, and if you spot an error, an amended return fixes it on your terms rather than the IRS's.

Otherwise the assignment is patience: no forms, no calls until the 60 day mark, then 800-829-1040 if the refund has not arrived and the IRS has not written again.

Letter 4464C questions

Do I need to respond to Letter 4464C?

No. The IRS says no action is needed. The letter announces a verification the IRS performs on its side; your involvement starts only if a later letter requests something.

When can I call about a 4464C?

The IRS asks you not to call until 60 days after the letter date, and only if you have not received the refund or heard from them. The page lists 800-829-1040 for that follow-up.

Will my refund definitely come after the review?

The review can end with the refund released as filed, adjusted, or with a follow-up letter requesting more. The letter itself does not predict the outcome, and no source can promise one.

Sources: IRS: Understanding your letter 4464C. The deadline that governs your case is the one printed on your notice.

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