IRS Refund Schedule 2025: Direct Deposit and Paper Check Date!

The IRS is likely to start accepting refunds for tax year 2025 from January 21, 2025. Taxpayers who will file their refund electronically are likely to get the refund via direct deposit within 21 days. To check the estimated date for release of direct deposit and paper check for e-filing it is highly recommended to stay tuned.

As the Internal Revenue Service is anticipated to start accepting the return from January 21, 2025, it is expected the direct deposit of refunds for early e-filers will be received within 10 days i.e. by January 31, 2025, and those who will have opted for paper check may have to wait upto more 7 days to receive it.

IRS Refund Schedule 2025

The IRS doesn’t release the schedule to get the tax refund, but according to the concerned officials, 90% of the refunds that are filed electronically are received within three weeks. you may check the estimated date to get the refund via direct deposit and paper check by going through the tabulated data.

Once the refund is accepted by the IRS, the direct deposit or paper check is released within 7 days i.e. if refund is accepted by January 21, 2025, there is a high speculation that the direct deposit will be released and paper check will be mailed by January 28, 2025. Following the release of direct deposit and paper check, it takes upto 48 to 72 hours, and 7 to 10 days to be received.

What if the IRS Tax Refund 2025 is delayed?

The Internal Revenue Service usually releases the electrically filed tax refund within 21 days (three weeks). If that much time has passed and you won’t have received your direct deposit or paper, firstly you are required to check the tax filing status and find out whether your tax refund is accepted by the IRS or not. 

By checking the IRS Tax refund status, if you get to know that your return e-file is accepted, you will surely see a date when your direct deposit or paper check is going to be released. It takes upto 72 hours and two weeks to get the refund via direct deposit and paper check, after its release, so make sure to wait that much time.

How to check the IRS Tax Refund Status 2025?

Taxpayers who will have filed their taxes electronically will be able to check the filing status using the ‘Where’s My Refund?’ tool. You are required to go through the listed points to check that your refund is Received, Accepted or Sent by the IRS.

• Go to the official website of the Internal Revenue Service, which is accessible at https://IRS.gov/.
• Lookout for an option that reads ‘IRS Refund,’ under the section of How can we help you?,’ tap on it and get redirected to the next webpage.
• Now, you will see an option that reads ‘Check your refund,’ tap on it and get redirected to the new page.
• At the end, you have to enter the Tax Year, Filing Status, Social Security Number and Refund Amount and hit the Submit button.