Taxpayers can verify refund check status online

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VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --  Team Vance members can check out the status of their tax refunds using the IRS' online "Where's My Refund?" feature.

"This is a fast, easy way for people to look at where their tax refund is in the IRS system," said Ed Myer, Vance Income Tax Assistance manager. "It's a secure site, so taxpayers won't have to worry about their personal information online."

The program allows taxpayers to access information about the status of their individual federal income tax refunds, regardless of whether they ask IRS to direct deposit their refunds to one, two or three accounts or request paper checks. Other features let taxpayers: 

· Initiate a refund trace to re-issue lost or missing paper checks; and 

· Update their mailing addresses if the Postal Service returned their checks to IRS as undeliverable. 

Taxpayers can access Where's My Refund? at www.irs.gov. Spanish-speaking taxpayers can access their refund information via the IRS.gov Español portal; However the refund trace and address change features are only available on the English version. Clients without Internet access can get the same information by calling IRS' Refund Hot line at (800) 829-1954. 

Where's My Refund? is: 
· Fast:  Check the status of your individual federal income tax refund virtually anytime, from anywhere. 

· Easy:  Simply enter your personal identification information -- your Social Security number, filing status, and refund amount shown on your return. 

· Safe:  Interact online with the IRS through secure technology that protects the confidentiality of your personal information. 

· Convenient:  Check the status of a split refund; initiate a trace on a non-received paper check; and/or update your mailing address if your refund check was returned to IRS as undeliverable. 

(Courtesy of the IRS)