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Where's My Refund

Check the status of your Federal Refund

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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 we make these updates.

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

https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund

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