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After you file
Did you e-file or mail your return?
If you e-filed, check the status of your return.
Here's help for checking your e-file status:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/return-status/help/how-do-i-check-my-e-file-status/01/25538#M91
In TurboTax if you don't see Pending, Accepted, or Rejected as the status, you may not have completed the e-file and you need to Transmit your return.
If you mailed your return: The IRS asks you wait 4 weeks after you mail your return before looking up your refund at Where's My Refund?
This is what your return has to go through before everything is finished.
Pending: https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/4193097
Accepted (this is the last update that TurboTax will get from the IRS): https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3958820
Processing (the IRS does not inform TurboTax of this stage): https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/4689484
Approved (TurboTax is not informed of this stage either): https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/return-status/help/does-accepted-mean-my-refund-is-approved/00/265...
Here is information about your tax return being ACCEPTED:
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