The Tax Administration Service (SAT) has announced that it has authorized returns of tax credits totaling 10,103 million pesos for the Income Tax (ISR), benefiting 1,591,951 taxpayers nationwide. The tax authority stated that the average time for these deposits is 3 days, a period shorter than the legal deadline of up to 40 days established by the Federal Tax Code. You can check the status of your 2025 tax return on the SAT portal to see if it is in process, already paid, or requires additional action, as well as view the authorized amount and resolution date. The SAT portal shows different statuses indicating the progress of the procedure. It's best to hurry up and file your 2025 annual tax return with the Tax Administration Service (SAT) and claim your tax refund, as they are being processed like hot cakes. Through a press release, the SAT informed that it has already authorized tax credit refunds of 10,103 million pesos corresponding to the Income Tax (ISR), benefiting 1,591,951 taxpayers in the country. The tax authority pointed out that the average time for these deposits is 3 days, a period shorter than the legal deadline of up to 40 days set by the Federal Tax Code. If you have already filed your annual return on time and received a tax credit, here we explain the steps to check the status of your tax refund on the official SAT website: Go to “Procedures and Services”. Locate the “Refunds and Compensations” section and click on “Check your refund” or “Track procedures”. Log in with your RFC and password or with your e.firma. Select the 2025 tax year, corresponding to the return filed in 2026. Choose “Automatic ISR Refund” and click “Search” or “Show requests”. This will show you the status of your procedure. This is also necessary for manual refund requests and for corporate tax returns. Conversely, the automatic refund can be processed without an e.firma if the amount is lower or falls within certain ranges, there are no changes to the bank account, and the information matches the pre-loaded system information. The Federal Tax Code establishes a deadline of up to 40 days for the tax authority to resolve the refund of a tax credit. Each status reflects a stage in the validation and payment process. ‘In process’: the authority is reviewing the information submitted. ‘Required’: the taxpayer must attend to a request for additional information through the Tax Mailbox. ‘Denied’: the refund was not authorized, so it will be necessary to submit a manual request. ‘Paid’: the deposit has been made to the registered bank account. ‘Withdrawn’: the procedure did not continue. Using the e.firma is mandatory in certain cases for the SAT to authorize the refund of a tax credit, as it serves as an additional validation mechanism for the taxpayer's information. This requirement applies when the tax credit exceeds 50,000 pesos, when the registered CLABE is modified, or when the automatic refund is not possible. However, the SAT indicated that this year, deposits are made in an average of 3 days when there are no inconsistencies in the procedure.
