The 2024 tax season officially begins on January 29, 2024. Millions of taxpayers who filed their refunds at the initial stage have already received. If you are one of those who e-filed recently, you can check the estimated date of receiving your refund via direct deposit or paper check through the refund calendar below.
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IRS Tax Refund Calendar 2024
The IRS has started approving General and EITC/ACTC refunds from January 29 and February 17, 2024, respectively. According to officials, any General tax return is received within 21 days after electronic filing, and the EITC/ACTC refund takes a week longer than usual to receive.
There are two means provided by the IRS to receive refunds, first is direct deposit and the second is paper check. In case of e-filing, direct deposit is received within 14 days after, and through a paper check takes a maximum of 21 days to be received at the mailbox.
Direct deposit usually takes three weeks after electronically filing for an Earned Income Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit, and if a paper check option was chosen to receive the EITC/ACTC refund, then the taxpayer has to wait upto seven days more or even more.
IRS Tax Refund Schedule 2024
Tax refunds are approved by the IRS within 3 to 7 days after electronic filing. Thereafter, refunds are received via direct deposit within 7 to 10 days and it takes 14 to 18 days to receive a paper check. You can check the General and EITC/ACTC refund schedule from the table given below.
General refund:
| Approval Date | Refund received via | |
| Direct Deposit | Paper Check | |
| March 1, 2024 | March 8, 2024 | March 15, 2024 |
| March 7, 2024 | March 14, 2024 | March 21, 2024 |
| March 14, 2024 | March 21, 2024 | March 28, 2024 |
| March 21, 2024 | March 28, 2024 | April 4, 2024 |
| March 28, 2024 | April 4, 2024 | April 11, 2024 |
| April 4, 2024 | April 11, 2024 | April 18, 2024 |
| April 11, 2024 | April 18, 2024 | April 25, 2024 |
| April 18, 2024 | April 25, 2024 | May 2, 2024 |
| April 25, 2024 | May 2, 2024 | May 9, 2024 |
| May 2, 2024 | May 9, 2024 | May 16, 2024 |
EITC/ACTC refund:
| Approval Date | Refund received via | |
| Direct Deposit | Paper Check | |
| March 1, 2024 | March 15, 2024 | March 22, 2024 |
| March 7, 2024 | March 21, 2024 | March 28, 2024 |
| March 14, 2024 | March 28, 2024 | April 4, 2024 |
| March 21, 2024 | April 4, 2024 | April 11, 2024 |
| March 28, 2024 | April 11, 2024 | April 18, 2024 |
| April 4, 2024 | April 18, 2024 | April 25, 2024 |
| April 11, 2024 | April 25, 2024 | May 2, 2024 |
| April 18, 2024 | May 2, 2024 | May 9, 2024 |
| April 25, 2024 | May 9, 2024 | May 16, 2024 |
| May 2, 2024 | May 16, 2024 | May 23 |
The date we have provided above for receiving the refund via direct deposit or paper check is tentative, that means that taxpayers may receive their refund around this date.
What can cause a delay in receiving an IRS refund?
According to the IRS, 90% of all returns that are filed electronically take a maximum of 3 weeks to be received. In case there are errors in the return, in this case this time can be much longer than the estimated time. Below we have listed some of the main reasons for delayed refunds.
- If you have provided any wrong information even by mistake, while e-filing for a refund then there may be a delay in getting the refund, in this case sometimes the refund has to be filed again.
- Taxpayers who claim the Additional Child Tax Credit or Earned Income Tax Credits may face delays in getting their refunds, because their verification takes longer than for general refunds. In this case, you may expect to receive your refund 7 to 10 days longer than your estimated date.
- If the tax is filed for a refund during the refund peak period i.e. between the last week of March 2024 and 15th April 2024, then in this case, it takes four weeks or more to receive the refund via direct deposit.
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