Check status of tax refund through Minnesota Department of Revenue website

As taxpayers file their income tax returns, the Minnesota Department of Revenue is encouraging taxpayers to use its “Where’s My Refund” online system. “Where’s My Refund” is a quick, easy and secure way to find the projected refund date as tax returns move through processing.

“We recently made improvements to ‘Where’s My Refund’ to provide better customer service to taxpayers. Thanks to public feedback, the system is now more user-friendly making it easier to find the status of your refund,” said Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans.

Changes to the electronic system include:

· A more specific expected refund date

· Nightly updates to the system, allowing taxpayers to check refund status once a day

· A “Where’s My Refund” email address to contact the department with refund questions

· Masked social security numbers so others can’t see what is being typed

· New technology allowing both the website and automated phone line have the same up-to-date refund status information

· Notification of property tax refunds qualifying for early release

To check the status of a refund, visit our website, www.revenue.state.mn.us , and select “check your refund status” under the e-Services menu, or click here .

Refund information is only available for returns filed in the past 12 months. To search for the status of a refund, taxpayers will need:

Their social security number (SSN) or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN)

The type of return filed. (For example: income tax, property tax)

The tax year

The dollar amount of the refund

Taxpayers have less than two months to file their individual income taxes.

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