Direct Deposit of refund from 2025 tax year

[Manolito64]

Your website FAQ says that for 2025 tax year, I can still get my refund via check from the Treasury.   My wife and I each (though we filed jointly) received letters saying that we MUST provide bank routing information in order to receive our refund.

I presume that your website is wrong and has not yet been corrected.

Do both my wife and I need to respond to the IRS letters or just one of us?

[DoninGA]

IRS CP53E notice - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp53e-notice

What if I did not respond to the CP53E? (added Jan. 21, 2026)

If you don’t respond to the notice, we will issue a paper check after 6 weeks. For updates on your refund status, visit Where’s My Refund.

[Manolito64]

I went to Where'sMyRefund and found nothing suggesting that they would mail a check if we did not respond to the letter.  All the information I find there says that we must supply routing information if we want to receive a refund.

[Manolito64]

Oops, that is not completely accurate.  Today I noticed the link in your response. 

Understanding your CP53E notice | Internal Revenue Service

and that location does include the information that you provided in your response.

I suppose that I should not be surprised that other IRS pages don't concur.