First, if you efiled, be sure your efiled return was accepted. If using Online TurboTax, you can check at the Tax Home page. Does it show as accepted, rejected, printed, started, ready to mail, or something else?
If that showed your return was accepted for processing, you can track your Federal refund at the IRS "Where's My Refund" tool:
https://www.irs.gov/refunds
The IRS normally uses 3 stages:
- Return received and is being processed.
- Refund approved.
- Refund sent and an expected deposit date.
If that tool shows your refund is still being processed, and if it's been longer than the usual 21 days, you can phone the IRS to see if they can tell you anything about the delay.
IRS: 800-829-1040 (7AM-7 PM local time) Monday-Friday
