The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) started the 2025 Tax Season on January 27. Then, taxpayers can continue filing 2024 tax refunds through April 15, 2025. If you do not have enough time to gather all the necessary information, you can simply pay the taxes you owe and get a time extension.
For your information, some places that have suffered a natural disaster may qualify for an automatic time extension. Therefore, you can check if FEMA has declared the place where you live as a disaster area. The IRS also makes announcements regarding the areas or States that qualify for tax relief and time extension.
IRS’s 2025 Tax Refund Schedule
The IRS claims that it will take about 21 days to process your tax return if everything is correct and complete. Therefore, you should wait for about 21 days before you can receive your money if you filed an electronic return and requested direct deposit.
Filing date & Possible payday
- January 27: direct deposit may be due on February 17
- January 28: direct deposit may be due on February 18
- January 29: direct deposit may be due on February 19
- January 30: direct deposit may be due on February 20
- January 31: direct deposit may be due on February 21
- February 1: direct deposit may be due on February 22
- February 2: direct deposit may be due on February 23
- February 3: direct deposit may be due on February 24
- February 4: direct deposit may be due on February 25
- February 5: direct deposit may be due on February 26
- February 6: direct deposit may be due on February 27
- February 7: direct deposit may be due on February 28
- February 8: direct deposit may be due on March 1
- February 9: direct deposit may be due on March 2
- February 10: direct deposit may be due on March 3
- February 11: direct deposit may be due on March 4
- February 12: direct deposit may be due on March 5
- February 13: direct deposit may be due on March 6
- February 14: direct deposit may be due on March 7
- February 15: direct deposit may be due on March 8
- February 16: direct deposit may be due on March 9
- February 17: direct deposit may be due on March 10
Warning! Banks and financial institutions may not issue direct deposits on time if they experience technical difficulties and there is a high number of tax refunds at the same time. So, these paydays are just illustrative.
How can I see when the IRS will send my 2024 tax refund?
If you would like to know how long your tax refund will take, make use of the IRS tool. It is known as the “Where’s my refund?” and you can use it within 24 hours once you have filed an electronic tax return for 2024.
If you have filed a tax return electronically but it was from a previous year, it can take between 3 or 4 days. Paper returns are not so fast and you will need to wait for 4 weeks before you can check the status of your paper return.
All you have to do is visit the IRS official website: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund. If you have a smartphone, you can also download the app called IRS2Go.