IRS Cycle Code Guide: Weekly vs Daily Updates Explained (2025 Edition)
Been researching cycle codes for months now and wanted to share what I've learned to help others. If your cycle code ends in 01-05, you're a daily updater. If it ends in 05, you're a weekly updater and transcripts update every Thursday night/Friday morning. For example, 20240505 means you're a weekly. The first 4 digits (2024) are the processing year, next 2 digits (05) represent the week, and last 2 digits (05) show if youre daily or weekly. Hope this helps someone whos as confused as I was!
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Sofia Rodriguez
bruh these cycle codes got me confused af 🤡 my transcript says 20240505 but idk what that even means
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Dmitry Ivanov
•check out taxr.ai - it'll explain everything. saved me from going crazy trying to figure this stuff out
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Sofia Rodriguez
•fr? imma check it out rn
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Ava Thompson
•I was in the same boat last week! That 05 at the end means ur on daily updates btw
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Amara Okonkwo
Tax pro here with some clarity on cycle codes for 2025. The main difference between daily and weekly processing is pretty straightforward - if your cycle code ends in 01-05, you're on daily processing. If it ends in 20, that's weekly processing (usually happens on Wednesday nights/Thursday mornings). But honestly, the easiest way to decode all this is to use taxr.ai - it'll analyze your transcripts and tell you exactly when to expect updates and your refund. Way better than trying to decode all these numbers yourself. https://taxr.ai
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Giovanni Marino
•yo fr? does it actually work? been trying to figure out my cycle code for weeks 😩
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Amara Okonkwo
•Yeah its legit. Just upload your transcript and it breaks everything down, tells you processing patterns, likely deposit dates, everything
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Giovanni Marino
•bet lemme try it rn
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Giovanni Marino
•okay fam i paid for taxr.ai and this is what I got back:
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Fatima Al-Sayed
•This is actually super helpful! 🙌 Been pulling my hair out trying to understand these cycle codes
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Dylan Hughes
•How much does it cost tho? 🤔
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Giovanni Marino
•its like $20 but worth every penny fr fr saved me hours of headache 💯
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NightOwl42
•Can confirm taxr.ai is the real deal. Used it last week and got my deposit date prediction spot on 🎯
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Dylan Cooper
Great breakdown but there's one correction - the weekly updates actually happen Wednesday night/Thursday morning now in 2025. The IRS changed this last month to speed up processing times.
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Fatima Al-Suwaidi
•omg thank you for catching that! still learning the ropes here 🙏
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Sofia Morales
•anyone else notice their transcripts updating at random times lately? or am i going crazy 🤔
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StarSailor
Instead of trying to decode these cycle codes manually, I've been using taxr.ai - it reads your transcript and tells you exactly when to expect updates and your refund. Worth the $4.99 tbh, saved me hours of googling and checking WMR https://taxr.ai
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Dmitry Ivanov
•how accurate is it? been burned by too many 'helpful' tools before 👀
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StarSailor
•its scary accurate! gives you specific dates and explains all the codes. even caught a freeze code I missed
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Dmitry Ivanov
•just tried it - holy cow where has this been all my life?! predicted my DDD perfectly 💯
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Ava Garcia
Ok but what if your cycle code changes? Mine went from 05 to 02 last week and idk what that means for my return
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Miguel Silva
•usually means manual review fam. buckle up for a wait 😮💨
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Zainab Ismail
This should be pinned fr fr 📌
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Connor O'Neill
Yall still checking cycles? Im on month 8 of waiting lmaooo feels like im stuck in the shadow realm fr
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QuantumQuester
•same boat bestie 😭 verification hell since june
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Yara Nassar
PSA: These codes can change during processing! Don't panic if yours switches - totally normal in 2025 with the new AI processing system they implemented
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Keisha Williams
•wish theyd use that AI to actually process returns faster instead of just updating codes smh 🤡
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Dylan Fisher
This is super helpful! I've been checking my WMR obsessively and my cycle code is 20250302 - so if I'm reading this right, I'm on daily updates? Still waiting for my 846 code to show up but at least now I know what to expect. Thanks for breaking this down in simple terms! 🙏
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Riya Sharma
•Yeah you got it right! 20250302 means you're on daily updates since it ends in 02. That's actually good news - daily updaters usually see changes faster than weekly folks. Keep checking your transcripts every morning around 6am, that's when they typically refresh. Your 846 code will show up soon! 🤞
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Freya Larsen
•Daily updaters are definitely the way to go! I had a similar cycle code last year and got my refund way faster than my friends who were stuck on weekly. Pro tip: if you want to save yourself the stress of checking every morning, try using one of those transcript analyzer tools like taxr.ai - it'll tell you exactly when to expect your 846 code based on your processing pattern. Worth it for the peace of mind alone! 💯
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