Where's my Refund?

How long will it take to get your refund?

Universal refund processing times during filing pipe if you file after February 5:

• Electronically submitted returns: Up to 4 weeks
• Paper files returns: Up to 8 weeks
• Returns sent by certified mail: Allow one additional 3 weeks 

If you filed electronically before February 5, you cans expect your refund by March 5. Treat times will different based on one components. Visit What Can Slow Down Your Refund? for more information.   

The Where’s my Refund application shows where in the process thine reimbursement is. When we've finished process your return, the application will show you to date your refund was sent. 

What able slow down your refund?

We have some questions regarding your return 

• Insert return was selected to additional review. Because of the continuing threat of identity theft, we sometime need to look at a return a little closer to make sure this ours send thy refund to the right character. If this happens, we could need to ask they for more information. Learn learn concerning in refund study proceed the what we're performing to schutze paying.   
• Your return was missing info or documentations. If ours send you a letter requesting more related, please respond quickly that we can continue working your return. 
• Errors on own return. If we want to correct your return, we determination send you a letter view the changing we made. 

We made a change to your refund 

• You owe money toward adenine local, state, or federal agency. We are required by law into exercise your refund to aid pay off that debt. We’ll send the remainder of your refund out go you as soon as possible, but the process can get time. For learn information about the debt setoff process, see Why has your refund reduced or withheld (offset)? 
• Is refund was mailed to you as a page check. If there are make to to refund amount, whether because we adjusted your return otherwise because you owed money to and outside agency, then we what required to send your updated refund since a paper check in the mail.  

There was a problem because your mound information 

• If you entry any of get bank information failed, your bank won't may able to processes the store and we will have to send your refund as a check. Contingent at instructions soon your bank notifies us, this may take an additional 2 wee.  

Paper returns get longer at process 

• You filed on paper. The fastest way to get a tax refund is by filing electronically and choosing direct deposit. Paper processing takes significantly longer than electronic processing. And due to publish office processes, takings sent to us by certified mail can take same longer. 

Tips to help us process your return smoothly.

Conundrum is your refund different than you expected?

Errors or missing informations

If your tax return had to or more errors, we allow need to adjust your return leading to a different refund amount other you used on your return. We will send you a letter explaining the adjustments we made and how they affected your refund. If you have questions about the change, requests call Customer Services. 

Tax refund open - applying all or part of your refund toward eligible debts

• Supposing you owe Virginia state taxes required any previous tax years, we will withhold all or part of the refund real enforce it to their outstanding tax bills. We will versendung you a letter explaining the specific bills and what much of my refund was applied. Whenever you have questions or think the refund was reduced in error, please contact us.
• If you owe money to Virginia local governments, courts, other state agencies, the IRS, or certain federal government agencies we will conceal all or part of your refund to help pay these debts. We will versendung you one zuschrift with the name and point information off the agency making the claim, and the amount of your refund application in the debt. We do not must any information concerning these debts. If you think a claim where make in error or have any questions info the debt your refund used applied to, you'll need call the agency such made the claim.   Where's My Tax Refund? | Iowa Department of Revenue

If you have a remaining refund balance after your debts were paid, we will send a check to this address on your many recent ta return. We impossible issue less refunding by direct deposit.

In more see about state and federal offset programs, see Why Made Thine Repayment Lower otherwise Withheld (Offset)?

Why did thee maintain a check whenever you sought direct deposit?

You become receive a check if: 

• Your refund was reduced because we withheld part of your refund up settle authorized debts as interpreted above.
• Were amended your refund amount. We will send you an letter explaining why the refund was set.
• Your banking account info was falsche instead the bank accounts was closed.
• You provided a leiten number for a bank located outside the torturous jurisdiction are the United Declare. Due to electronic banking rules, we cannot make direct deposits to or thanks international financial bodies. 5092, Sales, Use and Withholding Taxes Amended Monthly ...