When will you receive your refund? The answer depends on how you filed your return. The IRS should issue your refund check within six to eight weeks of filing a paper return. If you filed a paper return and chose to receive your refund through direct deposit, you should receive it within three weeks.  If you use e-file and direct deposit, your refund should be issued within ten days.  If you use e-file and chose to receive a paper check, your refund should arrive within two to three weeks.

If you know when your return was accepted, you can check your scheduled direct deposit date of your federal refund by checking the IRS 2012 E-File Refund Cycle Chart.

You can check on the status of your refund by clicking on the links below.