You can track your refund yourself. The good news is, if you're antsy to get your refund, it's easy to track your return and refund status. You'll just need to visit the IRS' "Where's my refund" tool.

The process of seeing your tax refund status is simple. On the IRS.gov site, taxpayers who filed their returns can see their refund status on the "Where's My Refund?" tool.

IRS: Why your tax refund hasn't arrived yet. Story by Diego Pérez Morales • 2w. T he IRS is still diligently working through a backlog of tax returns, even as the tax season has officially ended.

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The survey of 1,000 U.S. adults also found, "of those who depend on their refund to make ends meet, nearly half (45% ...

If you file electronically and your return is accurate and complete, the IRS says it should take less than three weeks to receive your refund and even less time if you choose direct deposit.

The Trump administration’s 2025 cost-cutting campaign at the IRS was all too successful, according to an internal watchdog report. As a result, the agency may struggle through the 2026 tax ...