1040 Ez Instructions 2015 Page 29
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44download IRS2Go from Google Play, the Apple App Store, or
the Amazon Appstore, and make your payments anytime, any-
Refund Information
where.
What if I can’t pay now? Click on the Payments tab or the
Information about your re-
“Pay Your Tax Bill” icon on IRS.gov for more information about
turn will generally be
these additional options.
available within 24 hours
Apply for an
online payment agreement
to meet your tax ob-
after the IRS receives
ligations in monthly installments if you can't pay your taxes
your e-filed return, or 4 weeks after you mail a paper return. But if
in full today. Once you complete the online process, you will
you filed Form 8379 with your return, allow 14 weeks (11 weeks
receive immediate notification of whether your agreement
if you filed electronically) before checking your refund status.
has been approved.
An offer in compromise allows you to settle your tax debt for
Visit IRS.gov and click on Where's My Refund, or use
less than the full amount you owe. Use the
Offer in
the free IRS2GO app, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
Compromise Pre-Qualifier
to confirm your eligibility.
week.
Checking the status of an amended return.
Go to IRS.gov and click on the Tools tab and then
Where’s
To use Where's My Refund? have a copy of your tax return han-
My Amended Return?
dy. You will need to enter the following information from your re-
turn:
Understanding an IRS notice or letter.
Your social security number (or individual taxpayer identifi-
Enter “Understanding your notice” in the search box on
cation number),
IRS.gov to find additional information about your IRS notice
Your filing status, and
or letter.
The exact whole dollar amount of your refund.
Visiting the IRS. Locate the nearest Taxpayer Assistance Cen-
Where's My Refund? will provide an actual personalized re-
ter using the Office Locator tool on IRS.gov. Enter “office locator”
in the search box. Or choose the “Contact Us” option on the
fund date as soon as the IRS processes your tax return and ap-
IRS2Go app and search Local Offices. Before you visit, use the
proves your refund.
Locator tool to check hours and services available.
Where's My Refund? doesn't track refunds that are claimed
Watching IRS videos. The IRS Video portal contains video
on an amended tax return.
and audio presentations on topics of interest to individuals, small
Updates to refund status are made no more than
businesses, and tax professionals. You’ll find video clips of tax
once a day—usually at night.
topics, archived versions of live panel discussions and Webi-
TIP
nars, and audio archives of tax practitioner phone forums.
Getting tax Information in other languages. For taxpayers
whose native language isn't English, we have the following re-
If you do not have Internet access, call
sources available.
1-800-829-1954 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for
Spanish –
automated refund information.
Chinese –
Note. Our phone and walk-in assistors can research the status
Korean –
of your refund only if it's been 21 days or more since you filed
Vietnamese –
electronically or more than 6 weeks since you mailed your paper
Russian –
return.
Over-the-phone interpreter service - The IRS Taxpayer As-
Do not send in a copy of your return unless asked to do so.
sistance Centers provide telephone interpreter service in
To get a refund, you generally must file your return within 3
over 170 languages, and the service is available free to tax-
years from the date the return was due (including extensions).
payers.
Refund information also is available in Spanish at
and the phone number listed above.
Online ordering of tax forms and publications. To order tax
forms and publications delivered by mail, go to
formspubs
and click on “Order Forms & Pubs.” For current year
Tax Topics
tax forms and publications, click on “Forms and Publications by
Mail.”
Tax Topics is a wide-ranging directory of tax information that is
available anytime. You can read these Tax Topics at
taxtopics.
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Instructions for Form 1040EZ
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