Will I receive my tax refund from 2013 after my bankruptcy was discharged in March 2013?

The bankruptcy estate is entitled to money, including a tax refund, owing to you on the date your case is filed.

Typically the Trustee will have you sign a stipulation at the Creditors' Meeting to turn the refund over to the Trustee. For example, if you filed your BK on November 1st, 10 of the 12 months have gone by. The Trustee can take 10/12's of your refund, or 83% of the refund. If any portion of the refund is Earned Income Credit or Child Tax Credit, the Trustee can not touch that portion of the refund. Lastly, as a practical matter, if the portion the Trustee can take is less than a $1,000, they generally don't want to touch this amount because it is too small for them to fuss with (Trustees works on a 6% commission basis, and they don't like fooling with real small amounts because it is too much paperwork for the return).

You may receive the actual refund check, but you will be required to turn that refund over to your bankruptcy trustee unless you claimed an exemption for it on Schedule C. A small portion of your tax refund will be returned to you equalling about 1/12th of the total amount. Should you try to avoid doing this, you can expect big trouble in the future,

As long as the trustee did not direct you to turn over the tax return to the court, you should be able to receive and keep your tax return for 2013.

Filing bankruptcy has no effect upon when you receive your tax refund. ?The other question is, has it been determined that your refund will be exempt.