IRS.GOV

I checked the website irs.gov. I have done this a few times in the past 3 weeks since we sent in our tax returns.

The site offers a "Where is My Refund" element. Before now the site has said they had no record of our return and check back in another week.

Now the IRS claims to have our return and promises our little refund April 7. Since we are having it directly deposited into our passbook savings account, I will check on it from our personal banking site.

I realize if we had filed electronically, the refund would have arrived even earlier. The difference in interest earned for a few weeks amounts to pennies.

I'll let you know when the $ hits the bank. I suspect our small refund from the State of Illinois will take another month. The State is running in the red. I hope they don't hold up our $ like they have been holding up $ due to vendors.

'til later