How to Check an Income Tax Refund Status

• VIDEO TO "IRS REFUND TIPS"

WHERE IS MY REFUND?
(REFUND STATUS CHECK)
Alabama Refund Status
Alaska Refund Status : No Income Tax
Arizona Refund Status
Arkansas Refund Status
California Refund Status
Colorado Refund Status
Connecticut Refund Status
Delaware Refund Status
D.C Refund Status
Florida Refund Status : No Income Tax
Georgia Refund Status
Hawaii Refund Status
Idaho Refund Status
Illinois Refund Status
Indiana Refund Status
Iowa Refund Status
Kansas Refund Status
Kentucky Refund Status
Louisiana Refund Status
Maine Refund Status
Maryland Refund Status
Massachusetts Refund Status
Michigan Refund Status
Minnesota Refund Status
Mississippi Refund Status
Missouri Refund Status
Montana Refund Status
Nebraska Refund Status
Nevada Refund Status : No Income Tax
New Hampshire Refund Status : No Income Tax
New Jersey Refund Status
New Mexico Refund Status
New York Refund Status
North Carolina Refund Status
North Dakota Refund Status
Ohio Refund Status
Oklahoma Refund Status
Oregon Refund Satus
Pennsylvania Refund Status
Rhode Island Refund Status
South Carolina Refund Status
South Dakota Refund Status : No Income Tax
Tennessee Refund Status : No Income Tax
Texas Refund Status : No Income Tax
Utah Refund Status
Vermont Refund Status
Virginia Refund Status
Washington Refund Status : No Income Tax
West Virginia Refund Status
Wisconsin Refund Status
Wyoming Refund Status : No Income Tax

• TRANSFER TAX
FORM 706, Estate Tax Return
FORM 706, Instructions
FORM 709, Gift Tax Return
FORM 709 Instructions

• INCOME TAX
FORM 1040, Individual Income Tax Return
FORM 1040A, Individual Income Tax Return
FORM 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
FORM 1040EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents
FORM 1041, Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts
FORM 1041, Instructions
FORM 1041 ES, Estimated Income Tax for Estates and Trust
FORM 1065, Return of Partnership Income
FORM 1099 Miscellaneous Income
FORM W-2, Wage and Tax Statement
FORM 1120, Corporation Income Tax Return
FORM 1120, Instructions
FORM 1120S, S-Corporation Income Tax Return
FORM 4506-T Request for Transcript of Tax Return

• STATUTORY EXCISE TAX
FORM 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return
FORM 720, Instructions
FORM 2290, Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Return
FORM 5330, Employee Benefit Plans
FORM 5330, Instructions

• EMPLOYMENT TAX
FORM 940, Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return
FORM 941, Quarterly Federal Tax Return

How do I check my Income Tax Refund Status?

The income tax refund status refers to an individual’s ability to track the delivery date or delivery status of an individual’s tax return. Typically, an income tax return filing is awarded with a refund check (or direct deposit) because the majority of individual’s exceed their tax liability as a result of the government withholding a portion of the individual’s paycheck each pay period.

To check your income refund status you must first visit the Internal Revenue Service’s home page located at www.irs.gov. Once you are on the site, click on the navigation tab labeled “individuals”, then click on the tab that reads “Where’s my Refund?”

Once you are on the appropriate Income Tax Refund Status page, scroll down to the link that reads “Where’s my Refund” and proceed to open the “Where’s my Refund” tool.

Following these steps you will be taken to a page that describes the process of evaluating and observing your Income Tax Refund Status. The Internal Revenue Service requires you to enter your social security number in the boxes provided; the Social Security number is required so the internal Revenue Service can accurately locate your tax return and subsequently locate your Income Tax Refund Status.

Once you have inputted your Social Security number, you will be asked to choose your filing status: either a single; married-filing jointly; a married-filing but separate return; a head of household; or a qualified widower.

Following the submission of this information, you must then enter the refund amount in the space provided by the Internal Revenue Service. You must note that in order to obtain the income Tax Refund Status you must match the amount you are expecting to the computed amount that the IRS has on file for your return. After you have submitted your expected return, you must click “submit” where upon entering you will be taken to a new page where you will be given the expected delivery date for your refund.

The Income Tax Refund Status will award the individual taxpayer an expected date (that is subject to change) where the refund will be delivered to the individual’s bank account or the individual’s home address that is on file with the Internal Revenue Service. You must also understand that these directions for the Income Tax Refund Status are attached only to the Federal Income tax.

To check you state Income Tax Refund Status you must obtain an income tax return on hand, for it contains all the necessary information that is required from you to observe your status. Once you obtained the necessary information you must logon on to the website of your particular state’s department of revenue and access the “Income Tax Refund Status” that is supplied on the site. Similar information, meaning your Social Security number, your refund amount and your filing status are required to observe your Income Tax Refund Status for your particular state.