BillM223
Expert Alumni

After you file

The 21 days is really more the maximum for a normal return without complications.

 

Really, even in tax season, the IRS sends out direct deposits in two to three weeks. They tell you three weeks to be conservative.

 

Start checking your bank account in the last part of the first week of March...and also be checking your mailbox, because that's when letters from the IRS arrive if they find something inconsistent.

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