The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the federal deadline. The IRS urges taxpayers to always use direct deposit for their refunds.

Your bank or credit union has not posted the refund. If you're claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, those refunds can't go out before mid-February, but the IRS says filers should receive their funds by March 3, 2025, if their returns had no problems and they chose direct deposit.

While it's common for people to carry debt, if you aren't keeping up payments on it, you can be subject to wage garnishment, in which your earnings can be withheld by your employer, or

Most taxpayers receive refunds and money has already started being issued. There are ways to find out information about the status of your filing.