IRS Refund Status 2025: The Internal Revenue Service has developed a web-based tool ‘Where’s My Refund?,’ and mobile application ‘IRS2Go’ to check the refund status filed electronically and on-pape5. Any taxpayer who will e-file the return for the current year will be able to check the status within 24 hours, incase of paper return, one has to wait upto four weeks.
By checking the refund status for tax year 2024 using the web-based tool or mobile application, the taxpayer will be able to find out that his or her tax refund is Received, Accepted or Sent by the Internal Revenue Service. To Know the complete process of checking refund filing status, and meaning of the different state of refund status, stay tuned.
IRS Refund Status
After filing returns electronically for tax year 2024, a taxpayer will be able to check whether his or her refund has been Received by the Internal Revenue Service, within 24 hours through the IRS’s web-based tool or mobile application. To check the status of the refund for tax year 2022 or 2023, taxpayers will have to wait for about 2 to 4 days after e-filing.
| Tool Used | Where’s My Refund? (web tool) or IRS2Go (mobile app) |
| Website/App | irs.gov (web tool) or IRS2Go (PlayStore/AppStore) |
| Information Needed | Social Security Number, Tax Year, Filing Status, Refund Amount |
| Status After E-Filing | Refund status can be checked within 24 hours. |
| Status After Paper Filing | Refund status can be checked after about 4 weeks. |
| Received | The IRS has received your return and is reviewing the details. |
| Accepted | The IRS has accepted your return; refund will likely be issued within 2 weeks. |
| Sent | The IRS has sent your refund: direct deposit (24 hours), paper check (up to 3 days). |
In order to check the IRS tax refund for tax year 2024, 2023 or 2022, a taxpayer is required to provide Social Security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN), filing status and exact refund amount on his/her return. Below we have shared the complete step-by-step instructions to check the filing status using the web-based tool and mobile application.
How to check the the IRS tax refund status?
The step-by-step instructions to check the IRS tax refund status using the Where’s My Refundm tool, or IRS2Go mobile application is available below.
Using the Where’s My Refund?:
- Go to the official website of the Internal Revenue Service, which is accessible at https://irs.gov/.
- Lookout for an option that ‘Get your refund status,’ tap on it and get redirected to next webpage.
- Now, you will see an option that reads ‘Check your refund’, click on it and get redirected to new page.
- At the end, you have to enter your Social Security Number, Tax Year, Filing Status and Refund Amount; and hit the Submit button.
Using the IRS2Go:
- Download the IRS2Go mobile application from the PlayStore or AppStore.
- Run the mobile application, and tap on the option that reads ‘IRS Tax Refund Status.’
- Now, you will be asked to enter your Social Security Number, Tax Year as 2024, 2023 or 2022, filing status as Single, Married-Filing Joint Return, Married-Filing Separate Return, Head of Household and Qualifying Widow(er) / Surviving Spouse, Refund Amount in $, and tap on the Check Status button.
What are the meanings of IRS Refund Status stages?
There are three stages of IRS tax refund, which are Recieved, Accepted and Sent. To know the actual meaning of each stage, you are required to go through the listed points.
- Recieved: Your tax return is recieved by the Internal Revenue Service, they will check the details provided on it and accept it, if all the fact and figures mentioned on it is accurate.
- Accepted: The Internal Revenue Service has received your refund, and accept it after checkint all the details, most probably in with two weeks you are likely to get the refund.
- Sent: The payment of the refund has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service, if you have opted for direct deposit you will get it within 24 hours, and incase of paper check it will take time upto three days to be received in the mail box.