If you file a complete and accurate paper tax return, your refund should be issued in about six to eight weeks from the date IRS receives your return. If you file your return electronically, your refund should be issued in less than three weeks, even faster when you choose direct deposit.

How long does it take for state tax refund after federal?

Generally, you can expect to receive your state tax refund within 30 days if you filed your tax return electronically. If you filed a paper tax return, it may take as many as 12 weeks for your refund to arrive – or longer, if your state has been or still is under social distancing restrictions.

Can You efile both federal and state tax returns?

If so, what is it’s efile status? If efiled separately, you cannot efile the state return until the Federal return has been accepted. Or perhaps one of your state forms is not yet available for efiling. Open your return interview and go through the REVIEW tab.

How to e file state only federal already filed?

E-File State Only – Federal Already Filed. If you have already electronically filed an accepted federal return with TaxAct and want to file your state return, you can follow these steps to submit your state return alone. Open your TaxAct return. Click on the Filing tab. Choose E-file My Return and click Continue.

How to file a federal return that has already been filed?

Choose File Later for the already filed Federal, do the same for any additional state returns you have already filed or do not wish to file currently. If not already selected, choose File Now for the state in question and click Continue. Follow the remaining on-screen instructions.

Where can I file my state tax return?

If you have already e-filed or filed your federal return, you can still prepare your state return on eFile.com. You enter all your tax data but on checkout you don’t click to efile a Federal Tax Return.