***Requesting a Tax Return Transcript to determine if your Taxes are ready to be paid****
If your Refund status says this:
Then your refund is pending approval by the IRS. Where's my refund!!
Here is a way to check your status.
Order your 2015 transcript HERE
If your 2015 Refund Transcript is available your refund is on the WAY.
If your Transcript 2015 after verifying, this years transcripts are not available, your return has not even been processed
On your account 2015 transcript monitor the list of codes on the bottom of the page, anything of the sort of 'Notice Sent' is an immediate red flag because the irs snail mails any correspondence.
The goal is code 846 which means, a refund has been issued , which means the money has moved soon.
Transcripts are updated a least 6 times a day.