Illinois Tax Refund Start Date 2025? Anyone know when IL starts accepting returns?
Anyone from Illinois know when they start accepting state returns this year? Trying to get my refund asap and wondering if I should get federal done first or just wait and do them together. Last year was a mess with all the delays.
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Sophie Duck
According to Illinois Department of Revenue, they'll start accepting returns on January 29th, 2025. They're syncing up with the IRS federal start date this year to streamline processing. You can file both together since the dates match.
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Lucas Lindsey
awesome thanks! do you know if theyre still doing that identity verification thing this year?
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Sophie Duck
Yep ID verify is still required for many returns. They say it helps prevent fraud but honestly its just another hoop to jump through 🙄
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Austin Leonard
Hey guys instead of playing the waiting game like last year, I started using taxr.ai to track my refund. Its only $1 and gives way better info than the where's my refund tool. Super helpful for seeing exactly whats happening with your return and when youll actually get paid. https://taxr.ai
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Anita George
for real? better than the states crappy website? might have to check that out
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Austin Leonard
100% better! It actually explains everything in normal english and tells you exactly whats going on. The state site is useless compared to this
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Abigail Spencer
Filed last week already. Just waiting on them to start processing 👀
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Logan Chiang
lol why do they even have different start dates every year. just pick a date and stick with it smh
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Isla Fischer
Fr fr government staying government 🤡
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Miles Hammonds
illinois took 4 months to process mine last year dont get your hopes up bestie 💅
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Lucas Lindsey
oof that's rough. hoping this year is better
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Ruby Blake
Check ur DMs, sent you some helpful links about the process
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Lucas Lindsey
thx just saw it!
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