02/13/2023
📍Tax Refunds are processed in three stages.
📣1. Stage One: Return Accepted
This means that the IRS has received your tax return, and that it’s currently being processed.
📣2. Stage 2: Refund Approved
This means the IRS has processed and approved your return. This usually happens about three weeks (21 days) after the IRS indicates they’ve received your return.
📣3. Stage 3: Refund Sent
This means the IRS has sent your refund to your financial institution for direct deposit, or mailed a check. (Where’s My Refund? should indicate the date that the payment was sent.)
📣Remember that it may take your bank anywhere from one to five days to deposit the funds into your account. If you requested a paper check, it could take several weeks for it to arrive in the mail.
📣Will refreshing the page help update my status?
No. The IRS updates their system once a day, usually at night, so there’s no need to check Where’s My Return? multiple times a day.
Also keep in mind that the IRS takes the Where’s 📣My Refund tool offline every Monday from midnight to 3:00 am Eastern Time for routine maintenance.