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Did you e-file your tax return and was it accepted?
Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.
You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large Orange button labeled "Transmit my returns now".
After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.
Note - Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund. Only the taxpayer listed on the tax return can obtain the status of a tax refund or a tax return.
To check the status of an e-filed return, open up your desktop product or log into your TurboTax Online Account. You can find your status within the TurboTax product.
If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds
If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund
After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.
See this IRS website for federal tax refund FAQ's - https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions
If your printed and mailed it yourself it will take a long time for the IRS to process mailed returns this year. Is it showing up at the IRS yet? Did you get a tracking number from the post office? And mail federal and state in separate envelopes to different places?
4 weeks after mailing you can start checking IRS Where's my refund
https://www.irs.gov/refunds
Hi there!
I did send it by mail. Not showing up yet on IRS and i haven’t received anything from post office. Maybe it’s just taking a long time but it’s almost been two months! I’m confused! i did send in two separate envelopes yes. Thank you for your help!!!
It just says ready to mail. I printed and mailed them back in April so i guess they just haven’t received or processed them yet. Thanks for your help!!!
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