Check your refund
If you e-file your return, you can usually see your refund status after about 48 hours with Where’s My Refund? You can get your refund information for the current year and past 2 years.
Check your refund on an amended return
Amended returns take up to 3 weeks to show up in our system and up to 16 weeks to process. To check on an amended return, visit Where’s My Amended Return?
When to expect your refund
To process your refund, it usually takes:
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Up to 21 days for an e-filed return
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4 weeks or more for amended returns and returns sent by mail
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Longer if your return needs corrections or extra review
The timing of your refund may change if you:
- Claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit
- File a paper return
- File an amended return
- Request injured spouse relief
- File a Form 1040-NR, Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return (can take up to 6 months)
- Make an error on your return
- File with an individual taxpayer ID number
- Have a refund over $2 million