02/02/2026
02-01-26 IRS strongly encourages taxpayers to use direct deposit for tax year 2025 income tax refunds and beyond. IRS advises that paper check refunds may take as much as six to seven additional weeks to process moving the total paper check refund receipt time to, approximately, 10 weeks from the IRS acceptance date. IRS will send notices to those taxpayers who do not opt for direct deposit advising of this new policy and we expect IRS to completely phase out paper checks within the next 2-3 years.
Our office can provide refund receipt options to help avoid this refund receipt delay for those taxpayers who do not currently use direct deposit or who do not have a standard checking account.