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Where Is My Michigan Refund?

Pick the day you mailed your Michigan return and see what the Michigan Department of Treasury says about its timing, then what Where's My Refund? asks for.

Coming soon. F1TaxReturn doesn't prepare Michigan returns yet. This page explains Michigan's own refund tracker.

Your Michigan refund

Mailed March 1, 2027

  1. You mail itMarch 1, 2027

    Send it by Certified Mail: the receipt proves the date.

  2. Status can show in Where's My Refund?From April 12, 2027

    Michigan says to allow 6 to 8 weeks from the day you mail a paper return before you check its status.

  3. Your refundNo date published

    Michigan gives no total time for a paper refund. Once your return is processed, it says to allow up to 5 to 7 business days for the refund to be issued.

What Where's My Refund? asks for

ID Type
Social Security Number. The list has no ITIN option
ID
Yours. You type it on the agency's own site
Confirm ID
The same number again
Tax Year
The year the return is for, not the year you mail it
Refund Amount
The refund on your return. Michigan names no line; on the 2025 Form MI-1040 the refund is line 39
Open Where's My Refund? on mitreasury-eservices.michigan.gov

On MiTreasury eServices, choose "Where's My Refund?" under Refunds and Payments. You don't need to sign in with MiLogin.

F1TaxReturn isn't part of the Michigan government and can't see your refund. Every wait above is the agency's own published figure; where it publishes none, we give no date.

How long does a paper Michigan refund take?

Michigan gives no total time for a paper refund. Once your return is processed, it says to allow up to 5 to 7 business days for the refund to be issued.

Michigan says to allow 6 to 8 weeks from the day you mail a paper return before you check its status.

For example, if you mail it on March 1, 2027, its status can show in Where's My Refund? from April 12, 2027.

How do I check my Michigan refund status?

Use Where's My Refund? on mitreasury-eservices.michigan.gov. On MiTreasury eServices, choose "Where's My Refund?" under Refunds and Payments. You don't need to sign in with MiLogin.

It asks for these, in this order:

  1. ID Type. Social Security Number. The list has no ITIN option
  2. ID. Yours. You type it on the agency's own site
  3. Confirm ID. The same number again
  4. Tax Year. The year the return is for, not the year you mail it
  5. Refund Amount. The refund on your return. Michigan names no line; on the 2025 Form MI-1040 the refund is line 39

What can slow down my Michigan refund?

Michigan names mailing a paper return, not choosing direct deposit, errors on the return and returns picked for more review as the usual reasons a refund is slow.

  • Treasury may ask you to confirm your identity, for example with an identity confirmation quiz, before it pays the refund.
  • A direct deposit forwarded to a bank account in another country is returned to Treasury and sent as a check instead.
  • If Treasury asks for more documents, it says to allow about 8 weeks after it gets your reply before you check again.

What else should I know about Michigan's Where's My Refund?

Its status is updated overnight, Monday to Friday.

  • The individual income tax line is 517-636-4486, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
  • Michigan law makes Treasury pay interest on a refund from 45 days after it receives the return or after the due date, whichever is later.

Can F1TaxReturn prepare my Michigan return?

Not yet. Michigan is one of the states we are building, and it is coming soon. Today F1TaxReturn prepares state returns for California, New York, Illinois and Massachusetts only.

Your federal return (Form 1040-NR and Form 8843) is free with F1TaxReturn whichever state you worked in.

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