E-File Coupons April 2025

If you are like most taxpayers, these extra funds are often allocated before receiving them. Knowing exactly when your tax refund will hit your account will help you plan ahead.

The following information is provided to assist individuals with tracking the status of their anticipated tax refund. All taxpayers want a fast response when they are expecting a state or federal refund. While the IRS and state treasuries are typically very efficient with distributing these, it is possible for an issue to occur. For this reason, it is important that taxpayers understand how to monitor the status of their refunds after submitting their state and federal tax returns.

Tax refunds in individual states may also take longer to arrive in comparison with federal tax returns filed by mail or electronically. Most state governments issue refunds 21 days after receiving a tax return, some states may take even longer than this. Furthermore, some also take longer to issue refunds to first-time taxpayers. This is an important consideration for taxpayers who just moved to the state or taxpayers who recently started earning income and are filing for the first time.

E-filing and choosing to receive your refund through direct deposit helps to expedite the tax refund process and get you your fastest refund without the use of expensive refund anticipation loans. At E-file, you'll get a confirmation of acceptance from the IRS within 48hrs. Once accepted, you can get your money in as little as 21 calendar days. In contrast, when you print and mail a return it can take as long as two months to receive your refund.

Another way to help speed up your tax refund is to select a direct deposit instead of requesting a paper check. To utilize this, you simply need your bank name, account, and routing number.

Tax documents are a vital piece of the tax return. When you file online, you need to ensure that the taxable income and deduction information you're entering is correct and precise and your tax documents can assist with this. If you file a paper form, you may also need to send the IRS and state taxing authorities a copy of some of your documents. Further, all tax documents (originals or copies) should be retained for at least 3 years after filing in the event of an audit. However, what happens if you lose one of these documents or the original simply never arrives?

E-filing has become the most popular way to file taxes because of the convenience and increased turnaround time it offers filers. It can also reduce the number of errors in a filing. Part of the reason for this is that online tax preparation software like ours assists our customers through the process. The other part is that the IRS performs a preliminary review of each e-filing before accepting it. This preliminary review works to spot common errors and provide the individual the opportunity to fix them.