Probably be next Monday February 1 before you get any definite good information about your refund amount since the tentative schedule is supposed be this coming Friday January 28 2011 for the direct deposit and the mailing of the REFUND amounts for the income tax returns that they have received and accepted since January 16 late Sunday afternoon when they started accepting the efiled income tax returns that were NOT delayed until the possible February 14 start filing date for the types of tax form that have been delayed because of the late action that was taken by our great elected officials in late December 2010 which has caused the delays in the tax filing season of some types of income tax returns.
Go to the www.irs.gov website and use the search box for 2011 IRS e-file Refund Cycle Chart Publication 2043
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Based on the date your return was accepted by the IRS, the earliest your refund will be direct deposited or mailed is shown on the chart below. This is a projected date based on normal processing. On the Wednesday prior to the projected date, you can go to www.irs.gov and click on where’s My Refund? To get any changes to the projected date.
Hope that you find the above enclosed information useful