It is tax season once again. Monday marked the first day people can file their 2024 year taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. While many of us will file in the coming months, early filers are already wondering when they will see a refund check or direct deposit.

It depends on how you file your taxes and how you choose to receive your refund. If you file electronically and your return is accurate and complete, the IRS says it should take less than three weeks to receive your refund and even less time if you choose direct deposit.

The earlier you file, the sooner you will get your refund. Filing online as early as possible will lead to the fastest chances of getting your refund.

Filers with Adjusted Gross Income, known as AGI, of less than $84,000 can use IRS Free File to complete returns at no charge. Free File offers tax preparation software from eight companies and gives free online access to preparation and filing software.

If you're as impatient as we are, you'll want to know how soon your tax refund check will hit your bank account. Here's how to do that in Kentucky.

The trick to getting your refund sooner is to combine electronic filing with direct deposit. When filing a paper tax return, you'd have to print out the forms and mail them to the IRS, and then wait for a tax refund check — a process that can take more than four weeks.

IRS begins accepting tax returns Monday

For most filers, the federal tax deadline this year is April 15 for returns and balances. The agency expects more than 140 million individual returns before the due date. More fro

The 2025 tax season kicks off today, and there are several reasons why you should get your 2024 tax return filed ASAP.