It depends.
The online link is your best option to track your refund. I have attached a link with more answers from the IRS as to why your refund may be taking longer to process.
Federal refund questions
Also, be aware, the IRS operations are limited during the Covid-19 pandemic. Attached is a link with more information as to what departments are available to contact at the moment.
IRS operations
If you had to mail your return in, it will take longer to process because of the reduced operations.
Also, if you filed your 2018 information using the 2019 software, you will need to amend your 2019 return and prepare the 2018 return using the 2018 software.
Amend return
How to prepare a prior year tax return
Your income tax refund is based upon your filing. You can check the status of your federal income tax return refund using the link below.
Check my refund status
Please see the attached for more specific information as it applies to your particular state.
How to track my refund
As far as the stimulus payment, the IRS has just started issuing the stimulus payments and is working as quickly as they can to issue the payments.
The payment of the stimulus funds can be tracked at the following website:
Check status of economic payment
Please see the following for facts related to the payments as processed by the IRS.
FAQ for Economic payments
**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post
**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"
