Code 690: designated payment of penalty.
From IRS Document 6209, the IRS's processing codes manual.
Have code 690 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
Credit. Used on individual (IMF) accounts.
Designated Payment of Penalty
The full Document 6209 entry, as printed
Credit (PJ) I/B Designated Payment of Penalty 17, 18, 19, 24, 34, 58 Credits the Tax Module for a designated payment of a penalty assessment.
After code 690
Not enough shared timelines with this code yet. The block fills in once 30 people with code 690 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 690 mean on my IRS transcript?
Document 6209 calls it "Designated Payment of Penalty".
Sources
Checked against these sources on October 30, 2026.