The refund for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is received within 21 days after the e-filing. Taxpayers who have failed the EITC refund for tax year 2024 may check the status through the web-based tool, Where’s My Refund?, or using the mobile application IRS2Go.
The IRS has started processing the EITC refund from February 22, 2025. The earliest direct deposit for the Earned Income Tax Credit was received on March 3, 2025. Usually, within 10 days after the acceptance of the EITC refund, one receives his or her direct deposit.
As the deadline to get the EITC refund was April 15, 2025, those who have electronically filed their EITC refund on this date can expect to get the Earned Income Tax Credit refund by the first week of May 2025. Those who haven’t e-filed it yet have an option to file an extension to extend the deadline to October 15, 2025, to e-file it.
| How to Check Status | Use IRS.gov → “Get your refund status” or IRS2Go app |
| Info Needed to Check | SSN, Tax Year (2024), Filing Status, Refund Amount |
| When to Check | 24 hours after e-filing |
| Refund Processing Start | February 22, 2025 |
| First Refund Deposit | March 3, 2025 |
| EITC Refund Time | Use IRS.gov → “Get your refund status” or the IRS2Go app |
| Filing Deadline | April 15, 2025 (extension available till October 15, 2025) |
| If Delayed | Check status: “Received” = still processing, “Sent” = wait 72 hours |
If you are among those taxpayers who have e-filed the EITC refund recently or a few days ago, you should know that to check the filing status,, one is required to wait up to 24 hours after the filing. If the required time has passed since the filing, you may check the EITC refund status using the web-based tool or mobile application.
How do you check the status of the EITC Refund 2025?
The complete step-by-step instructions to check the Earned Income Tax Credit refund status for tax year 2025, you are required to go through the listed points.
- Go to the official website of the Internal Revenue Service, which is accessible at https://irs.gov/.
- On the web portal of the IRS, you will see an option that reads ‘Get your refund status,’ under the section of ‘How can we help you?’ Tap on it and go to the next webpage.
- Now, you will see an option that reads ‘Check your refund.’ Click on it and get redirected to another page.
- Lastly, you have to enter/choose your Social Security Number, Tax Year, Filing Status, and Refund Amount, and hit the Submit button to check that your refund is received, accepted, or sent.
Alternatively, you may download the IRS2Go mobile application from the Play Store for Android devices or the App Store for iOS devices to check the EITC refund 2025 status.
EITC Refund 2025 Schedule
According to the IRS, 90% of EITC refunds that are filed electronically are received within 21 weeks if everything is okay with e-file. Once the refund is accepted by the IRS, it usually takes 10 days to get the refund via direct deposit. You may check the estimated EITC refund schedule by going through the tabulated data.
| Refund Accepted Date | Expected Direct Deposit Date |
| April 17, 2025 | April 27 – May 1, 2025 |
| April 24, 2025 | May 4 – May 8, 2025 |
| May 1, 2025 | May 11 – May 15, 2025 |
| May 8, 2025 | May 18 – May 22, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | May 25 – May 29, 2025 |
| May 22, 2025 | June 1 – June 5, 2025 |
| May 29, 2025 | June 8 – June 12, 2025 |
| June 5, 2025 | June 15 – June 19, 2025 |
| June 12, 2025 | June 22 – June 26, 2025 |
| June 19, 2025 | June 29 – July 3, 2025 |
| June 26, 2025 | July 6 – July 10, 2025 |
| July 3, 2025 | July 13 – July 17, 2025 |
| July 10, 2025 | July 20 – July 24, 2025 |
| July 17, 2025 | July 27 – July 31, 2025 |
| July 24, 2025 | August 3 – August 7, 2025 |
| July 31, 2025 | August 10 – August 14, 2025 |
| August 7, 2025 | August 17 – August 21, 2025 |
| August 14, 2025 | August 24 – August 28, 2025 |
| August 21, 2025 | August 31 – September 4, 2025 |
| August 28, 2025 | September 7 – September 11, 2025 |
What if the EITC Refund 2025 was delayed?
If a taxpayer doesn’t receive his or her EITC refund by the estimated date, firstly, he or she is required to check the EITC refund status and find out that his or her refund is accepted by the IRS. By checking it one comes to know that his or her refund is accepted; probably he or she will see an estimated date on which the refund is going to be received.
If the EITC refund status shows “sent, you should know that after the release of direct deposit, it takes up to 72 hours to be received in the bank account; and if your refund status is received, it means that the Internal Revenue Service is still processing your refund, and you may have to wait a few more days to get the refund.