After you file

@ fifibear
This is a thread from 4 years ago.  The TurboTax answer in the section below tells how to track a mailed paper return.  But as stated there, if you are due a Federal refund it will take 4 weeks after mailing before it shows up in the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.irs.gov/Refunds">http://www.irs.gov/Refunds</a>

If it's been longer than 6 weeks since you mailed your return, we can tell you how to reach a live agent at the IRS to check on a tax refund.

If you have an additional question or need more info, please start a new timely thread at this link:
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/new">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/new</a>

I'll close this old thread.