DawnC
Expert Alumni

After you file

  • If you file your return on or after April 15, IRS has an administrative time (typically 45 days) to process your return without paying interest on your refund.
     
  • Your return must be complete and signed.
     
  • If IRS pays you interest, then interest on the refund will start on the return due date, the late-filed return received date, or the date the payment was made, whichever is the latest.
     
  • The return due date is generally April 15.    @mama0105

In August 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service sent interest payments to about 13.9 million individual taxpayers who timely filed their 2019 federal income tax returns and are receiving refunds. By law, these interest payments are taxable and taxpayers who receive them must report the interest on the 2020 federal income tax return they file next year. 

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