Taxpayers will be able to check the tax return refund for tax year 2025 through the official website of the Internal Revenue Service, individuals need to know that they will be able check the filing status from January 21, 2025, as this is date from which the IRS will start accepting the returns for tax year 2024.
To check the IRS tax refund status, there is a toll named ‘Where’s My Refund?’ and a mobile application, IRS2Go. To check the refund filing status using the web-based toll or mobile application it is mandatory to have Social Security Number, and other credentials.
IRS Refund Status 2025
For tax year 2024, refund which will be filed electronically will be processed within 21 days, and for the paper return it will take upto 3 months. Within twenty-four hours after e-filing for the return, the taxpayers will be able check filing status, incase of a paper return, one is required to wait for four weeks.
Taxpayers who will also claim Additional Child Tax Credit or Earned Income Tax Credit will have to wait upto February 17, 2025, to check the refund status, this is because of the PATH Act. Those who will file their General or EITC/ACTC Refund electronically after the lifting of this act will be able to check their filing status within 24 hours.
How to check the IRS Tax Refund Status 2025?
The complete step-by-step instructions to check the IRS Tax Refund Status for tax year 2024 is available below, you can go with any of the following methods to check that your tax refund is Received, Accepted or Sent by the Internal Revenue Service.
Using ‘Where’s My Refund?’ tool:
- Go to the official website of the Internal Revenue Service, which can be accessed as 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, and tap on it.
- Now, you will find a button of ‘Check your refund,’ tap on it to access the web-based tool.
- Here, you have to enter your Social Security Number, opt the tax year as 2024, choose the filing status:
- Single
- Married-Filing Joint Return
- Married-Filing Separate Return
- Head of Household
- Qualifying Widow(er) / Surviving Spouse
- Lastly, you need to enter the Refund Amount, and hit the Submit button to check the return status.
Using ‘IRS2Go’ application:
- Download the IRS2Go mobile application from the PlayStore or App Store.
- Run the application in your device, and provide all the required details such as SSN, Tax Year, Filing Status and Refund Amount.
- After entering all the required details, make sure to check and verify each, and then hit the Submit button to know your tax refund status.
What are the meanings of the IRS Tax Refund Status?
After going through the above mentioned step-by-step instructions you will get to know that your IRS tax refund status is Received, Accepted or Sent. If you don’t know the meaning of these stages, you are required to go through the listed points.
- Received: The Internal Revenue Service has received your refund, and now they will review it and accept, if you have provided all the details accurately, and the refund will be sent by direct deposit or paper check.
- Accepted: The IRS has accepted your tax refund, that is, they found all the details provided on the tax return is accurate, and now in the very near future you are likely to receive the direct or paper check.
- Sent: The refund is sent by the Internal Revenue Service, if payment method will be the direct deposit, it will take time upto 24 hours to reflect in your bank account, and incase of paper check, one has to wait upto 3 days.