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. Where’s My Refund is unavailable each morning,

generally between 4-5 a.m. Eastern time, while the IRS refund system makes these updates.

What you need

• Your Social Security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN)
• Your filing status
• The exact refund amount on your return

How it works

Where's My Refund shows your refund status:

• Return Received – We received your return and are processing it.
• Refund Approved – We approved your refund and are preparing to issue it by the date shown.
• Refund Sent – We sent the refund to your bank or mailed it to you. It may take 5 days for it to show in your bank account or several weeks for your check to arrive in the mail.