Most refunds are processed in less than 21 calendar days. However, if you filed on paper and expect a refund, it could take six months or more for your return to be processed. Where is my refund? Has your most recent refund information been made available?
The IRS is also taking more than 21 days to issue refunds for some tax returns that need to be reviewed, such as those with incorrect Recovery Rebate Credit amounts or those that used 2019 income to calculate the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC).

You can check your refund status through https://www.irs.gov/refunds

Your refund may have been used to pay off past-due federal tax, state income tax, state unemployment compensation debts, child support, spousal support, or other federal nontax debts such as student loans. Contact the agency to which you owe the debt if you believe you may have an offset or if you have any questions about an offset.

We may also have changed your refund amount due to changes to your tax return. Any incorrect Recovery Rebate Credit or Child Tax Credit amounts may be corrected. You will be notified of the changes. Where is my refund? When there is a change in your tax return, the reasons for the refund offset or different refund amount will be reflected.

You can check your state refund status by just going to a particular state's website portal. There you can check my refund status. You have to provide some necessary information so that you can find the status of your state refund.

Some tax returns take longer to process than others for many reasons, including when a return:
Is filed on paper Includes errors, such as incorrect Recovery Rebate Credit
Is incomplete
Needs further review in general
Is affected by identity theft or fraud
Includes a claim filed for an Earned Income Tax Credit or an Additional Child Tax Credit. See Q&A below. · Includes a Form 8379, Injured Spouse AllocationPDF, which could take up to 14 weeks to process

IRS will contact you by mail when (or if) we need more information to process your return. If IRS was still processing your return or correcting an error, neither Where’s My Refund? or our phone representatives will be able to provide you with your specific refund date. Please check Where’s My Refund? for updated information on your refund.