Online Tax Return Refund Tracking  at Where's My Refund?

Whether you opted for direct deposit or asked IRS to mail you a check, you can track your refund through this secure Web site.

You filed your tax return and you're expecting a refund. You have just one question and you want the answer now - Where's My Refund?

Don’t fall for any email scams about your refund! IRS never initiates emails!

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To get to your personal refund information, be ready to enter your:

Social Security Number (or IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number)
Filing status (Single, Married Filing Joint Return, Married Filing Separate Return, Head of Household, or Qualifying Widow(er))
Exact refund amount shown on your return

If you don’t receive your refund within 28 days from the original IRS mailing date shown on Where’s My Refund?, you can start a refund trace online.
If Where’s My Refund? shows that IRS was unable to deliver your refund, you can change your address online.
Where’s My Refund? will prompt you when these features are available for your situation.

Don’t fall for any email scams about your refund!
IRS never initiates emails! Learn how to identify and report refund scams.

How to Report and Identify Phishing, E-mail Scams and Bogus IRS Web Sites

The IRS does not initiate taxpayer communications through e-mail.
The IRS does not request detailed personal information through e-mail.
The IRS does not send e-mail requesting your PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts.

Report suspicious e-mails and bogus IRS Web sites to phishing@irs.gov.
If you receive an e-mail from someone claiming to be the IRS or directing you to an IRS site,

Do not reply.
Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer.
Do not click on any links. If you clicked on links in a suspicious e-mail or phishing Web site and entered confidential information, visit our Identity Theft page.

Use the following steps to report the e-mail or bogus Web site to the IRS.
How to report phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS Web sites
If you receive an e-mail or find a Web site you think is pretending to be the IRS,

Forward the e-mail or Web site URL to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.
You can forward the message as received or provide the Internet header of the e-mail. The Internet header has additional information to help us locate the sender.
After you forward the e-mail or header information to us, delete the message.

Track Your Tax Return Refunds, Where's My Refund?