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Hi I filed a federal tax return to IRS via TurboTax two months ago, but have not hear any updates on the refund status since then. Can you check?

wxjyn1122 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:20:42 GMT

Re: Hi I filed a federal tax return to IRS via TurboTax two months ago, but have not hear any updates on the refund status since then. Can you check?

DoninGA — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:05:11 GMT

Only you can check the status of your federal tax refund.

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: Hi I filed a federal tax return to IRS via TurboTax two months ago, but have not hear any updates on the refund status since then. Can you check?

Anonymous_ — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:05:12 GMT

See https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/get-irs-tax-refund/L234rWKtU_US_en_US?uid=lbqrgos8

Re: Hi I filed a federal tax return to IRS via TurboTax two months ago, but have not hear any updates on the refund status since then. Can you check?

NCperson — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:30:24 GMT

@wxjyn1122 - your tax return is your confidential information. No one on these Boards or Turbo Tax would know the status of your tax return - that is between you and the IRS.

Frankly, if you filed two months ago by paper, you could be 4-6 months left to wait as the IRS is backlogged (but not as bad as during the summer). Nothing will appear on the IRS website until the IRS begins processing the return.

if you efiled and it's now been two months, there is probably an issue with the return.

https://www.irs.gov/refunds