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Explore options for getting your federal tax refund, how to check your refund status, how to adjust next year’s refund and how to resolve refund problems.

An alien is any individual who is not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. A nonresident alien is an alien who has not passed the green card test or the substantial presence test. If you are a nonresident alien at the end of the tax year, and your spouse is a resident alien, your spouse can choose to treat you as a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes and file Form 1040 using the filing status “Married Filing Jointly.” You must file a return if you are a nonresident alien engaged or considered to be engaged in a trade or business in the United States during the year, if you have U.S. income on which the tax liability was not satisfied by the withholding of tax at the source, or if you want to claim a refund of access withholding or want to claim the benefit of any deductions of credits (for example, if you have income from rental property that you choose to treat as income connected to a trade or business).

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IR-2024-53, Feb. 28, 2024 — With millions of tax refunds going out each week, the Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers today that recent improvements to Where's My Refund? on IRS.gov provide more information and remains the best way to check the status of a refund.

IR-2023-89, April 19, 2023 — The IRS today urged taxpayers who missed Tuesday’s April 18 tax-filing deadline to file as soon as possible. Taxpayers who owe and missed the deadline without requesting an extension should file quickly to limit penalties and interest.

If, at the end of your tax year, you are married and one spouse is a U.S. citizen or a resident alien and the other spouse is a nonresident alien, you can choose to treat the nonresident spouse as a U.S. resident.

Search information about as organization’s tax-exempt federal tax status and filings.

Tax Tip 2024-07, Feb. 14, 2024 — If taxpayers are filing a tax return for the first time, IRS Free File can help. This program provides free tax preparation, free electronic filing and free direct deposit for eligible taxpayers.

If you e-file your return and get a message telling you a dependent on your return has been claimed on another tax return or their own, or if you receive an IRS Notice CP87A, you need to find out why.

IR-2025-44, April 10, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded last-minute tax filers that the April 15 tax deadline is right around the corner, and there are a variety of free tools to help, including the Let Us Help You page on IRS.gov.