The IRS has announced that the filing season for 2024 tax returns started on Monday, January 27. The IRS is now accepting tax returns for processing, and has begun preparing and issuing refunds. Except in regions where the IRS has issued deadline extensions due to federal disaster declarations, 2024 individual tax returns must be filed by April 15, 2025.

After January 27, people who have filed their 2024 returns will be able to use the IRS Where’s My Refund portal (link below) to check the status of their tax refunds. For most returns filed electronically, status updates will become available within 24 hours after filing. For paper returns, it can take up to four weeks for the portal to provide refund status information. The IRS issues most tax refunds within 21 days after processing the return. However, refunds related to the Earned Income Tax Credit cannot be issued before mid-February.

IRS Refund Status Portal: https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund.