After you’ve filed your Idaho income tax return, track your refund online at tax.idaho.gov/refund for the most up-to-date information. You must provide your Social
Security number and the amount of your expected state refund.
“Our online service is the easiest way to track the progress of your refund,” Tax Commission Chairman Tom Harris said. “It takes about 30 seconds or less to get an update.”
If you e-filed, you can start tracking your refund about four business days after getting word that the Tax Commission received your return.
If you filed a paper return, plan to wait three weeks to start tracking your refund. That gives the Tax Commission time to manually enter your information into its database.
All returns also go through fraud detection and accuracy checks before the Tax Commission issues any refunds.
Typical Refund Timeframes
E-filers: Expect your refund about seven to eight weeks after receiving acknowledgement that the Tax Commission has your return.
Paper filers: Expect your refund about 10-11 weeks after the Tax Commission receives your return.
Refund Exceptions
First-time filers: It takes about three weeks to enter new filers into the Tax Commission system. Until then, the online service will report your return as “not entered
in system.” Add three weeks to the estimates above to determine your refund timeframe.
If you get a letter asking for more information: Your refund will be delayed until the Tax Commission gets the requested information. It then will take about six more
weeks to finish the process.
If you don’t have internet access, you can get your refund status by calling the Tax Commission at (208) 334-7660 in the Boise area or toll free at (800) 972-7660.
