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About Where's My Refund?

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• Where’s My Refund?
• Direct deposit
• Reduced refunds
• Fix or correct a return

What information is available?

You can start checking on the status of your refund within

• 24 hours after you e-file a current-year return
• 3 or 4 days after you e-file a prior-year return
• 4 weeks after you file a paper return

Where’s My Refund? will give you a personalized refund date after we process your return and approve your refund.

The tracker displays progress through three stages:

1. Return Received
2. Refund Approved
3. Refund Sent

To use Where’s My Refund? you need to provide your Social Security number or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN), filing status, and exact whole dollar amount of your expected refund.

Prior year refund information

Where’s My Refund? will display the refund status of the tax year you choose. If you need other return information, view your Online Account.

What if my refund was lost, stolen or destroyed?

Generally, you can file an online claim for a replacement check if it's been more than 28 days from the date we mailed your refund. Where's My Refund? will give you detailed information about filing a claim if this situation applies to you.

For more information, check Refunds.

What information is not available?

Amended tax returns

Refund information for Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return is not available on Where’s My Refund? Use Where’s My Amended Return? to get the status of your amended return.

Business tax return information

For refund information on federal tax returns other than Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, call, toll-free, at 800-829-4933. From outside the U.S., call 267-941-1000. TTY/TDD: 800-829-4059.

Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 02-Sep-2025

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