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After you file
If you filed successfully, then only the IRS can tell you anything about your refund.
You haven't said what happens when you try to get the status of your Federal refund at the IRS website. Without knowing that, no one here can tell you anything. Follow the steps below:
Some returns are processed fairly quickly, while others require additional processing due to specific items in the return and can take a long time. Some are even pulled at random for more thorough investigation.
Did you efile, or did you choose to print and mail the return? If you filed by mail, it can take about 6 weeks to get a Federal refund.
If you efiled, double-check to be sure the return was efiled successfully and accepted.
If you used Online TurboTax, you can sign into your Online Account and check the efile status at the Tax Home. Does it say accepted, rejected, printed, started, or something else?
If that showed it was accepted, you can use the "Where's My Refund" tool at the IRS website below to monitor the status of your Federal refund.
https://www.irs.gov/Refunds
NOTE: When using that tool, be sure to enter the correct SSN and filing status. For the refund amount, use only the Federal refund amount, and not any total refund amount that includes a state refund.
The amount to use is on your Federal Form 1040, Line 21a.