23-04-2025
How long will it take to receive your Ohio, IRS tax refund? See the estimated schedule
While tax season is over for most Americans, the Internal Revenue Service continues to process refunds after the filing deadline. Depending on how you file can affect how long you'll have to wait for your refund.
If you're owed a tax refund, it helps to know the IRS refund schedule. Here's when you could expect to see your money.
If your taxes were electronically filed and accepted by April 7, it is estimated that you may see a direct deposit federal refund from the IRS by April 28, or June 6 by mail.
If you filed your taxes electronically and they were accepted by April 15, it is estimated that you may expect a direct deposit federal refund from the IRS by May 6, or June 16 by mail.
Ohioans who want to track state refunds can do so through the Department of Taxation's eServices Tool. It provides information for IT 1040 or SD 100 forms and is available for the current year and the past two years.
If you already filed and are expecting a federal refund, it takes about 21 days to receive it from an e-filed return, and four weeks or more if mailed to the IRS.
You can keep track of your federal refund through the IRS' "Where's my refund?" tool, the IRS2Go mobile app. You'll need to enter your filing status, social security or individual taxpayer ID number (ITIN), and exact refund amount.
Submitting your return is not the same as the IRS accepting your return. Once it is accepted — you will know it has if you see a "Refund Sent" alert when you check your tax return status online — you won't have to wait too long for the funds to show up in your account.
Once the IRS approves your refund, it could hit your bank account within days via the direct deposit option.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: IRS refund schedule: How to check federal, Ohio refund status
