I already e filed and chose to receive a paper check. Can i still have my return direct deposited?

[GeoffreyG · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, once you've e-filed, there is no way to change any information on your original tax return, including the method by which you selected to receive your income tax refund (i.e., check, direct deposit, purchase savings bonds, etc.).  All you could do is "amend" your original return by filing a second (amended) tax return; but that wouldn't change the refund method selected on the original.

This is as much a feature of the security procedures surrounding the e-file process as anything else.  The analogy to be made here is very much like dropping a sealed letter into a locked mailbox.  Once the document goes it, it cannot come back out, and you cannot change anything that is printed on it.

Therefore, you should be expecting to receive a US Treasury check.

There is one final bit of information to offer here, if it would be helpful.  If your reason for wanting to switch a paper check for a direct deposit has to do with you changing your own home mailing address, due to a move or something, then you may wish to view the following link, where instructions are provided to a taxpayer needing to update their mailing address with the IRS:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3633434

Thank you for asking this question.