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Home » Taxes

How to Check your Federal Income Tax Refund Status

Submitted by G.E. Miller on Wednesday, 7 April 20103 Comments

Worried that your income tax refund hasn’t hit your mailbox or bank account yet? Or do you just have a lack of patience like I do?

Checking on your income tax return’s status is actually pretty simple to do. Just go to the IRS Refund Status site and enter the necessary information.

To Check your Refund Status you will Need:

  1. Your Social Security number
  2. Your filing status (single, married filing jointly, etc.)
  3. The refund amount that you determined

What will the Refund Status Site Tell me?

tax refund statusWhen you enter the above information correctly, you’ll be able to find out:

  • If your return was received
  • If your return was processed
  • When your refund is estimated to be mailed or deposited into your bank account (if you selected the direct deposit option)

Watch Out for Refund Status Scams

The IRS never initiates email, so beware of emails offering to check your tax return status for you. In fact, I wouldn’t necessarily trust any websites that supposedly link to an IRS refund status site (ironic, since I did just that in this post, I realize). You’d be better off just typing irs.gov in your browser and clicking ‘check on your refund’, and then ‘where’s my refund?’.

Tax Refund Discussion:

  • How long did it take for you to receive your refund?
  • How did you file this year? Paper or efile?
  • Did you request direct deposit or check?

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3 Comments »

  • Budgeting in the Fun Stuff said:

    We efiled and requested direct deposit on March 27th and received our refund April 6th even though it was scheduled for April 9th. Yay!

    We usually don’t get a refund (yes, I’m one of those people), but with grad school expenses, we actually got back an unexpected $1800. Yay again!

  • Stamford Notes said:

    I wrote a lil’ bit about this too – and sent people your way.
    See http://www.stamfordnotes.com/2010/03/money-money-money-money-moooon-nnnay.html

    Agree with the comment above – our refund (about $2500, which made me smile) came a day earlier than the IRS website suggested. Good for them for managing taxpayer expectations! Very smart.

  • AB said:

    This helpful info was quick and easy: thanks! I found a blog that deals with similar info, in case anyone else is interested!

    http://blog.greensherpa.com/index.php/personal-finance/exemption-redemption/

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