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The IRS Gets Digital — Its New ‘Where’s My Refund’ Site
The IRS wants you to go to this new and improved site — and not call them
The IRS announced yesterday that its “Where’s My Refund” site is now “better than ever.” It has also been updated on the IRS’s mobile app: IRS2GO.
It wants investors to have more faith in this improved site.
The changes, however, seem to be minimal. The main one seems to be that you can check your refunds for the past three years: 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Apparently, before this, you could only check for the past 2 years.
Of course, that begs the question: Is the IRS still behind on issuing refunds for 2019 and 2020? (Not sure if this means it’s also still behind on the refunds for 2021, but that seems likely).
What the Site and App Does
Taxpayers can check the status of their refund on the site or the app within:
- 24 hours after e-filing a 2021 tax year return.
- Three or four days after e-filing 2019 or 2020…
