They will provide an actual refund date as soon as the IRS processes your tax return and approves your refund. Most refunds will be issued in less than 21 days. You can start checking the status of your refund within 24 hours after you have e-filed your return.

What does it mean when your refund goes from accepted to processing?

This means the IRS has your tax return and is processing it. Your personalized refund date will be available as soon as the IRS finishes processing your return and confirms that your refund has been approved. Most refunds are issued in less than 21 days.

When does the IRS start processing efile tax returns?

The IRS hasn’t announced when the will open eFile yet for 2021. However, based on our conversations with several large tax preparers, it appears the tentative date to start processing eFile tax returns will likely be January 25, 2021.

When does the IRS start accepting tax returns for 2019?

The IRS has not yet announced when it will begin accepted returns yet. However, based on prior years and the amount of changes that have taken place, we expect tax season to start on January 29, 2019.​. The tax deadline for 2019 is Monday, April 15, 2019.

Where can I find the federal tax refund schedule?

The federal IRS refund schedule table below is only for electronically filed returns (e-file) done thorough online tax software providers and assumes your tax return was in order. I.e accepted by the IRS via the WMR tool and status is equal to “Return Received”.

Is the IRS opening mail for prior year tax returns?

According to this IRS update as of April 16th: The IRS is now opening mail within normal timeframes. The IRS has also made significant progress in processing prior year returns. As of April 9, 2021, we had 1.5 million individual tax returns received prior to 2021 in the processing pipeline.