The IRS will start accepting refunds for tax year 2024 from January 21, 2025, after which all taxpayers will be able to check their refund filing status. According to the IRS, refunds that are filed electronically take a maximum of 21 days to be received, if the taxpayer has opted for direct deposit to receive the refund, then in this case the refund is received even sooner.
The IRS has provided two services to check status tax refunds, first is the ‘Where’s My Refund?’ tool, and second is the IRS2Go mobile application. To check refund status, the taxpayer has to enter social security number, tax year, filing status and refund amount to check the refund status, toll can be accessed at irs.gov/, and the mobile application can be downloaded from the PlayStore or AppStore.
IRS Tax Return Status 2025
Taxpayers must also know that after filing the current year refund electronically, you can check the status of filing within 24 hours. If the refund is filed for the previous year, then in this situation the taxpayer has to wait for two to three days. If your method of tax filing is on paper, then in this case you have to wait for a minimum of 4 weeks to check the status.
By checking the refund filing status for current or previous year using the web-based toll or mobile application, provided by the IRS, you will get the information whether your refund has been Received, Accepted or Sent by the Internal Revenue Service.
If you have filed the current year refund, in that case your refund will be accepted within 24 hours, only if the method of filing is electronic, within about a week after the refund is received, it is accepted by the Internal Revenue Service, after which direct deposit or paper check is released within 10 days.
When will I get the IRS Tax Return in 2025?
As I have mentioned above, 90% of electronic field refunds are released within days by the IRS, however, taxpayers who opt for paper checks take more than 2 months to receive their refunds. As the process of accepting refund is going to start from 21st January 2025, we can ascertain here that the first direct deposit of the refund and paper check will be released by 31st January 2024.
Taxpayers who have claimed the ACTC/EITC in their tax refund will not receive their refund before February 27, 2024l5 as the PATH Act will be lifted on February 15, 2025 and processing of such refunds will start from February 17, 2025. Only those whose payment method is direct deposit will receive their refund on February 27, those who opted for paper checks may have to wait a week or two longer.
How to check the IRS Tax Refund Status?
The step-by-step instructions to check the refund status is available below, make sure you require credentials such as SSN, TAX Year, Filing Status and Refund Amount. Go through the listed points to find out if your return is accepted by the IRS or not.
- Go to the official website of the Internal Revenue Service at irs.gov/.
- Lookout for an option that reads Get your refund status, under section of ‘How can we help you?,’ tap on it and get redirected to the next webpage.
- Now, you will see an option that reads ‘Check your refund,’ tap on it and get redirected to the next page.
- At the end, you need to enter your SSN, Tax Year, Filing Status as Single, Married-Filing Joint Return, Married-Filing Separate Return, Head of Household and Qualifying Widow(er) / Surviving Spouse and Refund Amount and hit the Submit button.