Ways to keep track of your e-filed tax return

To kick off this article, let’s talk about what to check before filing your taxes! The easiest thing would be to say EVERYTHING, but I want you to get some useful information out of this! Most of these are common sense, but some people may not be familiar with the new technologies that the Internal Revenue Service is taking advantage of to help people with their electronically filed taxes. E-filing is much easier to track now with the new way the IRS allows us to track our refunds!

More than 99,123 US taxpayers have filed their returns but didn’t follow up when the refund didn’t arrive. I don’t know what kind of happy-go-lucky life they have where they don’t need that money! If you’re one of those people and want to enlighten me on your secret to financial freedom, of course I’ll ignore my tax return too! In case you were wondering, all those lost tax returns equals over 153 MILLION dollars!

Now, if there isn’t some big conspiracy involving great wealth rejecting other wealth, and you’re one of those unfortunate people who really wants your money back, the money is there, and you can visit the Internal Revenue Service online refund. tracker Where is my refund? This nifty tool will post the status of your refund and can sometimes tell you why the delivery failed.

Some not-so-tech-savvy folks can still contact the IRS via their toll-free automatic refund tracking number (I bet you’re eager to hear the machine’s voice telling you to press the buttons to select now!) The number is (800)-829-1954.

For the super tech-savvy people who are glued to their smartphones, the IRS has an app for just that! IRS2Go is the premier application that allows you to check the status of your refund in real time!
As with any of these methods of retrieving your refund, you’ll need your Social Security Number, filing status, and expected refund amount to use this application.

The app also has several other features, such as signing up for IRS tax updates and following the IRS on the popular social network Twitter. The last drop-down option on this Swiss Army knife for smartphones is the “contact” sections of IRS2Go, which has numbers and hours of operation for all IRS tax hotlines.

The IRS2Go app is free and available from both the Apple App Store and the Android Market.