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Where's my refund?
Where's my refund?
Information is updated once a day, overnight. Where’s My Refund is unavailable each morning, generally between 4-5 a.m. Eastern time, while updates are made.
What you need
What you need
Your Social Security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN)
Your filing status
The exact refund amount on your return
Should You Call the IRS?
Should You Call the IRS?
Expect delays if you mailed a paper return or had to respond to an IRS inquiry about your e-filed return.
Otherwise, you should only call if it has been:
21 days or more since you e-filed
“Where’s My Refund” tells you to contact the IRS
Do not file a second tax return.
Paycheck Checkup: you can use the IRS Tax Withholding Estimator to help make sure your withholding is right for 2024.
Some tax returns take longer to process than others for many reasons, including when a return:
Includes errors such as an incorrect Recovery Rebate Credit amount
Is incomplete
Is affected by identity theft or fraud
Includes a claim filed for an Earned Income Tax Credit or an Additional Child Tax Credit using 2019 income.
Includes a Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, which could take up to 14 weeks to process
Needs further review in general
We will contact you by mail when (or if) we need more information to process your return.
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