The Internal Revenue Service will start accepting the refund for tax year 2024 from January 21, 2025, individuals who will electronically file their refund will be able to check their filing status within 24 hours. Taxpayers who will file their return on paper will have to wait upto four weeks to check their filing status.
The ‘Where’s My Refund?’ is a tool provided by the IRS, it is accessible on the official website of the Internal Revenue Service at https://irs.gov/, by accessing this web-based tool taxpayers will be able to check their filing status and find out that their refund is Received, Accepted or Sent.
Where’s My Refund 2025?
According to the Internal Revenue Service, 90% of tax refunds which are filed electronically are received. By checking refund filing status one can check the estimated date to get the refund. Individuals who will have e-filed the refund for tax year 2023 or 2024, will have to wait upto 2 to 3 days.
Individuals need to know that after the release of direct deposit for the federal tax refund, it takes upto 5 days to reflect in the bank account, and a few weeks incase of a paper check. The Internal Revenue Service usually accepts the refund within 3 to 5 days after the e-filing, and then sends the payout vai direct deposit and paper check within 7 to 10 days.
By checking the federal tax refund status, one can even know the expected date for release of direct deposit or his/her paper check. The Internal Revenue Service shows three types of status for the refund, which are Received, Accepted and Sent, you will only be able to find out the estimated date for refund release, if your tax return has been accepted.
How to check the IRS Tax Refund Status?
In order to check the status for the IRS federal tax refund for the tax year 2024, you are required to go through the listed points.
- Go to the official website of the Internal Revenue Service, which is accessible only at https://irs.gov/.
- Lookout for an option that reads ‘Where’s My Refund? – Find the status of your last return and check on your refund. – Check your refund status’ under the section of Tools & applications, tap on it.
- Now, you will see an option that reads ‘Check your refund,’ hit on it and get redirected to the next webpage.
- At the end, you have to enter your Social Security Number, Tax Year as 2024, filing status as Single, Married-Filing Joint Return, Married-Filing Separate Return, Head of Household or Qualifying Widow(er) / Surviving Spouse, Refund Amount in $, and hit the Submit button.
Post going through the step-by-step instructions above, you will successfully have a check that your refund is Received, Accepted or Sent by the Internal Revenue Service.
IRS Tax Refund Schedule
The IRS doesn’t release any calendar for releasing the refund, it is estimated that whose tax return will be accepted by January 21, 2025, will get the refund by February 4, and a paper check is likely to be received by February 18. You may check the expected date to get the refund, as per refund acceptance date, by going through the tabulated data.
Tax Refund Accepted by IRS | Direct Deposit Received | Paper Check Received |
21 January | 4 February | 18 February |
28 January | 11 February | 25 February |
4 February | 18 February | 3 March |
11 February | 25 February | 10 March |
18 February | 3 March | 17 March |
25 February | 10 March | 24 March |
1 March | 14 March | 31 March |
8 March | 21 March | 7 April |
15 March | 28 March | 14 April |
22 March | 4 April | 21 April |
29 March | 11 April | 28 April |
5 April | 18 April | 5 May |
12 April | 25 April | 12 May |
19 April | 2 May | 19 May |
26 April | 9 May | 26 May |