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It wasnt that complicated. >> reporter: but then she realized because she had been furloughed from a previous job, she was due a bigger refund. >> i filed $1,050 through my amended tax return, and on paper, and ive heard nothing about it everything is showing as received. >> reporter: nine months later, lauren is still waiting for that refund. >> there are over 6 million individual returns that have not been processed. >> and thats from last year? >> correct. >> reporter: this year treasury depa...

To process those paper returns. covid, with the social distancing restricting the employees in the building, it limits how many employees can work at one time. >> reporter: to avoid delays in getting your refund, experts advise file online. triple check for errors and choose direct deposit. and if you have to file a paper return -- >> the irs will work first in, first out. so the sooner you can get your return in, the sooner you are in the beginning of the process. >> reporter: if you do end up ...

The IRS has processed 5.9% more returns at the end of the second week of March compared with a year ago.

Independents in some case -- >> as depend heents. >> a lot of folks still do it on paper? 30% are still filing paper returns. not only does that slow down their refund process but leaves more room for error. less than 1% error rate for e-filing versus 21% for filing snail mail. youre segts yourself up for potential trouble. i.r.s. knocking on your door. >> why do you have more mistakes when you do it yourself? >> goes back to the math, transferring stuff from one decimal to the next. missing stu...