Instructions For 1040ez - 2016 Page 31

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process deposits, if you claimed either or both of these credits, it
Updates to refund status are made no more than once
is unlikely that your refund will arrive in your bank account or on
a day—usually at night.
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a debit card before the week of February 27 (assuming your re-
turn has no processing issues and you elect direct deposit). Be-
If you do not have Internet access, call 1-800-829-1954
cause many financial institutions do not process payments on
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for automated refund
weekends or holidays, the three-day holiday weekend that in-
information.
cludes President’s Day may also affect when you receive your
refund.
Note. Our phone and walk-in assistors can research the status
of your refund only if it's been 21 days or more since you filed
If you filed your return before February 15 and claimed the
electronically or more than 6 weeks since you mailed your paper
earned income credit or the additional child tax credit, you can
return.
start to check Where's My Refund? and the IRS2Go phone mo-
bile app a few days after February 15 for the status of your re-
Do not send in a copy of your return unless asked to do so.
fund.
To get a refund, you generally must file your return within 3
To use Where's My Refund? have a copy of your tax
years from the date the return was due (including extensions).
return handy. You will need to enter the following infor-
Refund information also is available in Spanish at
IRS.gov/
mation from your return:
spanish
and the phone number listed above.
Your social security number (or individual taxpayer identifi-
cation number),
Tax Topics
Your filing status, and
The exact whole dollar amount of your refund.
Tax Topics is a wide-ranging directory of tax information that is
Where's My Refund? will provide an actual personalized re-
available anytime. You can read these Tax Topics at
IRS.gov/
fund date as soon as the IRS processes your tax return and ap-
taxtopics.
proves your refund.
Where's My Refund? doesn't track refunds that are claimed
on an amended tax return.
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Instructions for Form 1040EZ

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