The IRS tax season 2025 is going to begin on January 21, 2025, for tax year 2024, the Internal Revenue Service will start accepting tax refunds from this date, and taxpayers will have time until 15th April 2025 to file their returns. Individuals need to know that the e-filing with the extension period will be available up to October 15, 2025.
The Internal Revenue Service will accept the tax return for tax year 2024 through e-filing and paper, as per the concerned authorities, taxes that are e-filed are processed within three weeks, but paper filing takes more than four weeks to be processed.
IRS Tax Season 2025
For the tax year 2024, electronic and paper refund filing is likely to start from 21 January 2025. Individuals will be able to do their e-filing through the Free File tool provided by the Internal Revenue Service. Like every tax year, for 2024, the last date for refund filing is 15 April 2025.
In such states, if there is any festival or event in such situations, the date after the holiday will be considered as the last date for refund e-filing.
All the taxpayers who are going to file a refund for tax year 2024 are recommended to choose the option of e-filing because this will help you get your refund quickly, and if you file the refund through the second option i.e. paper/mail, then in this situation it may take you four weeks or even more time to get your refund.
If you are going to file refund for tax year 2024 through any third party tool or IRS Free File, then you must keep one thing in mind that for getting refund, choose the option of direct deposit, because through this you will get the refund within approximately 2 weeks, whereas if you choose the option of paper check, then in this situation it sometimes takes up to 1 month to get it.
What after filing the refund for tax year 2024?
After filing the returns for tax year 2024, the IRS will review the return and accept it, only if all the details provided on the e-filing will be accurate. Following the e-filing of the return, individuals will be able check the refund status using the ‘Where’s My Refund?,’ tool, within 24 hours, and those who file a paper return are required to wait up to 4 weeks.
The complete step-by-step instructions to check the refund e-filing status on the official website of the Internal Revenue Service is available below, go through the listed points to check that your refund is Received, Approved, or Sent.
- Go to the official website of the IRS, which is accessible only at https://irs.gov/.
- On the web-portal of the IRS, you will see an option that reads ‘Get your refund status,’ tap on it and get redirected to the next webpage.
- Now, you need to enter your Tax Year, Filing Status, and Refund Amount and hit the Submit button.
When will I get the IRS refund for tax year 2024?
The IRS releases the tax return within 21 days, for the returns which are e-filed. Taxpayers who will have opted the payment method as Direct Deposit will get the refund within two weeks, and those who will have opted the option of Paper check will have to wait upto four weeks. You may go through the listed points to check the expected date of receiving the direct deposit and paper check.
| Date Accepted | Direct Deposit Sent | Paper Check Mailed |
| Jan 21 – Jan 25 | Feb 14 | Feb 21 |
| Jan 26 – Feb 1 | Feb 21 | Feb 28 |
| Feb 2 – Feb 8 | Feb 28 | Mar 7 |
| Feb 9 – Feb 15 | Mar 7 | Mar 14 |
| Feb 16 – Feb 22 | Mar 14 | Mar 21 |
| Feb 23 – Mar 1 | Mar 21 | Mar 28 |
| Mar 2 – Mar 8 | Mar 28 | Apr 4 |
| Mar 9 – Mar 15 | Apr 4 | Apr 11 |
| Mar 16 – Mar 22 | Apr 11 | Apr 18 |
| Mar 23 – Mar 29 | Apr 18 | Apr 25 |
| Mar 30 – Apr 5 | Apr 25 | May 2 |
| Apr 6 – Apr 12 | May 2 | May 9 |
| Apr 13 – Apr 15 | May 9 | May 16 |