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File Your 2024 Tax Return

Federal 2024 filing is free. Supported prior-year state returns are $15.99.

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2024 Return at a Glance

  • Original due date: April 15, 2025
  • Filing method: e-file (when IRS e-file is open) or print and mail
  • Refund claims: general deadline April 18, 2028
  • Powered by an IRS-authorized e-file provider since 1996.

Can You Still Get a 2024 Refund?

It depends on the deadline. If you haven't filed your 2024 return yet, the general deadline to claim a refund of taxes withheld that year is April 18, 2028; after that date a refund is generally forfeited to the U.S. Treasury. This date follows the standard three-year rule, adjusted because April 15, 2028 falls on a Saturday and Monday April 17 is the observed D.C. Emancipation Day holiday; the IRS confirms the exact closing date during the 2028 filing season. Your own deadline can differ based on actual filing or payment dates, granted extensions, or IRS disaster relief — see the IRS rules on refund claims.

Authoritative rule: IRS — Time you can claim a credit or refund

How Filing a 2024 Return Works

1

Select tax year 2024

Sign in, then choose 2024 from the supported years (2016–2025).

2

Prepare the return online

Complete the federal return first, then add a state return if supported for that year.

3

E-file or print and mail

E-file when IRS e-file is open, or print and mail if you prefer.

2024 Filing Questions

Yes. A 2024 federal return can still be prepared online and e-filed when IRS e-file is open. Federal prior-year filing is free; supported prior-year state returns are $15.99.
It depends on the deadline. If you haven't filed your 2024 return yet, the general deadline to claim a refund of taxes withheld that year is April 18, 2028; after that date a refund is generally forfeited to the U.S. Treasury. This date follows the standard three-year rule, adjusted because April 15, 2028 falls on a Saturday and Monday April 17 is the observed D.C. Emancipation Day holiday; the IRS confirms the exact closing date during the 2028 filing season. Your own deadline can differ based on actual filing or payment dates, granted extensions, or IRS disaster relief — see the IRS rules on refund claims.
Yes — 2024 returns are inside the current IRS e-file window (2023–2025). Your return is prepared online and e-filed when IRS e-file is open; during the IRS annual maintenance window (typically late November to late January), returns are prepared now and transmitted when e-file reopens, or printed and mailed.
File as soon as you can — the IRS charges failure-to-file and failure-to-pay penalties plus interest that grow the longer a balance goes unfiled and unpaid. Filing stops the larger failure-to-file penalty from growing, even if you can't pay in full right away. The IRS offers payment plans for balances you can't pay at once.
If you're missing a W-2 or 1099 from 2024, request a free Wage and Income Transcript from the IRS (online at IRS.gov, or with Form 4506-T). It lists the income documents the IRS has on file for you, which is usually enough to prepare the return.

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Ready to File Your 2024 Return?

Prepare your 2024 federal return free online, then e-file or mail it based on the rules for that year.

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