Where’s my state refund? Official refund trackers for every state

Every link below goes to the state revenue department’s own site; we checked each one in November 2026. Use the exact refund amount from your state return, not your federal one, and, where the tool asks for it, the tax year of the return.

Almost every state tool asks for the Social Security number (or ITIN) of the first person listed on the return and the refund amount you claimed, usually in whole dollars. Some also want the tax year, your filing status or your ZIP code. A few ask for something unusual: Oklahoma wants the last seven digits of your SSN and the ZIP code from last year’s return, Minnesota asks for your date of birth, and California asks for the house number in your mailing address.

Many trackers lock you out after a few wrong tries; New York’s locks for 24 hours after four. If the tool cannot find your return, check that you used the refund amount from the state return and not the federal one, and that enough time has passed since you filed: several states say a return does not show up until days or weeks after it is received.

State revenue departments name the same causes again and again. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue lists a wrong Social Security number, wrong bank routing or account numbers, math mistakes, more than one filing status, an amended return, the wrong number of dependents, filing too early, missing information, a request for more information and a refund taken for a tax or child-support debt. The Comptroller of Maryland adds estimated payments that do not match its records and missing W-2s or 1099s, and Minnesota names paper returns, paper checks and returns picked for review.

Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no individual income tax return for 2025 or 2026, so there is no state income tax refund to track. New Hampshire’s tax on interest and dividends was repealed for periods starting January 1, 2025.

Washington taxes long-term capital gains above a large threshold with a separate return. Its Department of Revenue has no public refund lookup: you claim a refund by filing the capital gains return, and its status shows only in your My DOR account. Washington’s Department of Revenue also says a new 9.9% tax on income over $1 million starts January 1, 2028, with the first return due in 2029.

The IRS “Where’s My Refund?” tool at irs.gov/refunds shows only your federal refund. The IRS says status is available 24 hours after you e-file a current-year return and 4 weeks after you mail a paper one, and that most e-filed refunds arrive within 3 weeks, while paper returns take 6 weeks or more. It asks for your SSN or ITIN, filing status and exact refund amount.

The two refunds move on their own: your state can pay before the IRS or weeks after it, and a delay in one says nothing about the other.