Taxpayers who e-filed their return can expect to see status updates roughly 24 hours after submitting it. If e-filing a prior year’s return, the status will update within three-to-four days. If a paper return is submitted, it can take four weeks before the status is available.

Legal experts say President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax information raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very government he is in charge of.