No More Paper Checks: The Six-Week Refund Delay for Filers Who Ignore Direct Deposit
The Refund Warning Most Taxpayers Don’t Know Beginning in the 2025 filing season (for returns processed in 2026), the IRS has begun enforcing a major modernization shift: refunds must be sent electronically unless a taxpayer… No More Paper Checks: The Six-Week Refund Delay for Filers Who Ignore Direct Deposit