How to Track an IRS Return
The Internal Revenue Service provides a free service on their website to track your tax return. If you want to use the service, you need to keep a copy of your tax form on record to pull some information off it. The IRS website tells you the estimated date you will receive your return. The information becomes available after the IRS processes your tax return. There is a link at the top right of the page for instructions in Spanish.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer with Internet access
- Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
- Filing status
- Whole dollar amount of refund
Instructions
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Turn on your computer and connect to the Internet.
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Click on your Internet browser icon to open the Internet.
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Go to the "Get Refund Status" page at IRS.gov (link in Resources).
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Type your Social Security or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number in the first set of boxes.
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Select the correct option for your filing status. The options are single, married-filing joint return, married-filing separate return, head of household and qualifying widow(er).
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Type in the dollar amount of your refund. Do not include cents. Get this information from the tax return form you filed. According to the Internal Revenue Service's website, the refund is on line 73a on form 1040, line 46a on form 1040a, and line 12a on form 1040EZ.
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Click "Submit."
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The next page shows your refund status.
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