Code 020: closes account deac - tivates account.
From IRS Document 6209, the IRS's processing codes manual.
Have code 020 on your transcript?
Add the transcript. The forecast counts from the codes you actually have.
Check my refundRead in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
For your refund.
This code is rare on refund timelines. The IRS's own description is on the right.
Document 6209 says
Used on individual (IMF) accounts.
Closes Account Deac - tivates Account
The full Document 6209 entry, as printed
I/B E Closes Account Deac - tivates Account 63 Removes an account from Master File or inactivates the account so future tax modules can not be created. Any entity TC other than TC 012 will go unpostable 349. Changes all filing requirement codes to “8” if tax modules are present in the Account. 020 E Delete a Plan 64 Delete a plan when it does not have a return module or an unreversed TC 121, 123 or 125 in the Plan Data Module; otherwise, the plan MFR is changed to an “8”
After code 020
Not enough shared timelines with this code yet. The block fills in once 30 people with code 020 share theirs from the result page.
Crowd figures, not IRS data. They describe what happened to others, not a promise.
Questions people ask
What does code 020 mean on my IRS transcript?
Document 6209 calls it "Closes Account Deac - tivates Account".
Sources
Checked against these sources on October 30, 2026.