Tax tools
Where's your refund?
Use this tool to check your refund. Your refund status will appear around:
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
Check your refund
Information is updated once a day, overnight.
What you need
Your Social Security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN)
Your filing status
The exact refund amount on your return
To check an amended return, visit Where's My Amended Return?
How it works
Where's My Refund shows your refund status:
Return Received – the IRS received your return and is processing it.
Refund Approved – the IRS approved your refund and is preparing to issue it by the date shown.
Refund Sent – the IRS sent the refund to your bank or to you in the mail. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.