How to Check Status of Your Federal and State Tax Refund
2024-09-27 19:02:30 • Filed to: Tax Refund Tips • Proven solutions
Every year tax payers would need to file their federal and state tax return but after that what happens? You will need to check the status of your tax return. There are some tools that can be used in checking both the federal and state tax returns. This article will look at the different ways to do that.
Part 1. Typical Processing Time For Federal Tax Refund
It is important to note that the processing time for federal tax return will depend on some factors. For instance, the method in which the tax return was filed and other factors like adoption tax credit. For this reason, the processing times for the federal tax return is not all the same.
Tax refunds are normally issued in about 21 days of the Internal Revenue Service receiving the tax return in cases where the tax return was filed using the electronic method. This means tax payers who electronically filed their tax returns will expect to start getting their refunds within 21 days of filing it.
The expected date is different for paper based application. Tax payers who mail their paper tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service are expected to start getting their refunds in about 6 to 8 weeks. However, in the case of amended returns, the Internal Revenue Service will get it processed in about 8 to 12 weeks.
In the case of adoption tax credit, IRS will treat these cases and make refunds in about 13 to 14 weeks and this is because they would likely do some additional verification of the adoption credit plus the additional processing it demands. The latest people to receive a tax refund will be the non-resident aliens who would likely wait up to about 6 months to get their tax refund in cases where the return is for Form 1042-S.
Part 2. Common Ways to Check Your Tax Refund Status
Do you want to check the status of your tax refund? There are some common ways it can be done.
The most common method to check your status is by going the Internal Revenue Service website https://www.irs.gov/refunds. To check your refund status, you will need your social security number, your filing status as well as your exact refund amount.
Another option to check your status is to call the IRS by telephone. You can call the Internal Revenue Service hotline for refund enquiries at 1-800-829-1954. It is important to note that this IRS hotline is a toll free number.
You can use a mobile app to check your refund status with your mobile phone. The app is IRS2GO. What you need to do is to download this app on your mobile device and input the necessary information to check your refund status. Note that this app is available for IOS and Android devices.
It is important to note that the IRS will always update their system every day usually at night. Therefore you can start checking your tax refund status 24 hours after your electronic filed tax return is received by IRS or about 4 weeks after paper based tax return is received by IRS.
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