[anthonydaffe]

I filed my refund forms 843 for 2006 and 2007 in April 2008 for SSN and medicare which were withheld in error. I received a letter from the IRS asking me to give them 45 days to process my refund. However, I have received another letter from the IRS asking me to give them another 45 days to process my refund as they are kind of behind their work. I called the IRS office and was told that they are working on my refund. I then asked for interest to be added on as they are making money on my money and I am not, and they agreed to refund me plus interest. My question is, are they deliberately taking their time in processing my refund so that in the end I get frustrated and don't continue to ask for it?

[MukatA]

You msut wait for IRS to process your FICA taxes refund. Yes, you will get interest as per the IRS rules.

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

There have been a LOT of Forms 843 submitted (I personally have submitted 18 Forms 843 for 14 clients in the past four months), so the IRS probably does have a backlog to work through.

Be patient!