Where Is Your Tax Refund Check?

They often say you can find a silver lining with just about everything. In the case of filing your taxes, getting a refund is definitely the silver lining. That, of course, assumes you get one.

You have slaved through the tax preparation process. You spent hours digging up receipts, checking bank statements and tracking down credit card bills. You then spent more time reading torturous IRS instruction pamphlets. Finally, you finished your return and discovered something glorious. Yep, you are due a refund! You rush off, file your return and start waiting.

If the IRS owes you money, how long will it take to get the check? Well, it depends. If you filed electronically or opted to let the IRS wire the money to your bank account, it can take two to four weeks. If you opted to have them send you a check, the time can double.

The biggest issue in getting your tax refund is figuring out how far it is in working its way through the IRS bureaucracy. Well, the IRS has set up a helpful online tool to assist you. Yes, the IRS being helpful. Shocking, eh?

To find out the status of your tax return, you need to visit the website for the agency. On the home page, you will find a link titled “Where’s My Refund?” Click it and you will be taken to an interactive tool that ties into the IRS system. This magic little freebie will tell you how things are going with processing your refund.

To use the tool, you need a copy of your return. You will need to provide your social security number, filing status and the exact amount of the refund you are expecting. Just to be clear, your filing status is the designation you picked when filing out your return. You know, “single”, “head of household” and so on.

Once you fill out the form, the tool will access the database and kick out an answer. You will see something along the lines of 1) We received your return and are processing it, 2) the check is in the mail and was sent on this date, or 3) You gave us the wrong address. The answers are not as helpful as you might think, but give you a general idea of how things are proceeding.

That is it. The process is shockingly simple given the complexities of actually preparing a tax return.

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