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Where my refund

ballk-96 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:45:03 GMT

Re: Where my refund

DoninGA — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:52:23 GMT

Did you e-file your tax return and was it accepted?
Only the IRS and your State control when and if a Federal or State tax refund is Approved and Issued.

You complete your tax return by finishing all 3 Steps in the File section. In Step 3, to e-file your tax return, you must click on the large Orange button labeled "Transmit my returns now".

After completing the File section and e-filing your tax return you will receive two emails from TurboTax. The first email when your tax return was transmitted and the second email when the tax return has either been accepted or rejected.

Note - Once a tax return has been Accepted by the IRS or a State, TurboTax receives no further information concerning the tax return or the status of any tax refund. Only the taxpayer listed on the tax return can obtain the status of a tax refund or a tax return.

To check the status of an e-filed return, open up your desktop product or log into your TurboTax Online Account. You can find your status within the TurboTax product.
If accepted by the IRS use the federal tax refund website to check the refund status - https://www.irs.gov/refunds
If accepted by the state use this TurboTax support FAQ to check the state tax refund status - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund

After the tax return has been Accepted by the IRS (meaning only that they received the return) it will be in the Processing mode until the tax refund has been Approved and then an Issue Date will be available on the IRS website.
See this IRS website for federal tax refund FAQ's - https://www.irs.gov/refunds/tax-season-refund-frequently-asked-questions

Re: Where my refund

bluedeb — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:52:28 GMT

The IRS is backlogged so it is taken more than 21 days to receive a refund. Were your returns accepted? Once your returns are accepted, you are on the IRS payment timetable for Federal, State refunds are processed separately.

Only the IRS (& State) knows the status of processing your tax return, whether you owe taxes or are due a refund. In prior years, the IRS issued more than 9 out of 10 refunds to taxpayers in less than 21 days last year. The same results are expected for 2021.

You can check the IRS website for your Federal refund information, Where's My Refund:

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

If you have a State refund, you can check your State's website:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refund-status/help/how-do-i-track-my-state-refund/00/25571