What do you get back from tax man once you send in your forms?

Tax man IRS, US Treasury Department. For a mailed 1040 income tax return and no direct deposit selected IF you have any refund amount due you THEN you would receive a paper check IF you used your correct mailing address on your correctly completed income tax return.

If your income tax has been completed correctly and filed to the correct IRS address and IF the IRS accepts you income tax return as you filed it the amount on the copy of your income tax return that says AMOUNT THAT YOU WANT REFUNDED TO YOU.

1040 page 2 line 73a

1040A page 2 line 46a

1040EZ page 1 line 12a THIS IS YOUR REFUND

If your income tax return was NOT completed CORRECTLY and the IRS does NOT accept it as you filed it then you will receive a letter or notice with some contact information and some information telling you what you will have to do to correct the original filed income tax return.