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Turbo tax. Is it REALLY going to take that long for my refund??

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:15:27 GMT

I used turbo tax last year and dont rememeber how long it took to get my refund. I understand that the disclaimer says "get your refund in as little as 8 days"

My return was accepted by the irs on January 23rd which means my refund wont be sent via direct deposit untill Feb 5 (according to the irs cycle chart).

I went to the irs website and used the Where's my refund function just to check the status and it even said that I should have my refund by Feb 9th.

That's 17 days. I just don't remember it taking that long when I've used it in the past.

If it makes a difference the return was accepted 3:50 am.

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Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:21:03 GMT

It wasn't too long ago that refunds took several months to show up in the mailbox! You'd give it at least a few weeks after mailing in your return before you'd start checking the mailbox every day (sometimes twice a day, just in case the mailman messed up and later came back with it...wishful thinking), hoping to see that check from Treasury...until finally, the magic moment when that check was actually there!

Then you'd suddenly realize it was Saturday, and all the banks were closed. No matter, though. All the stores closed up tight at 5 PM, and didn't reopen until Monday, so shopping with that tax money had to wait anyways.

Wow. We get used to faster and faster for everything pretty quickly, don't we?

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Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:08:20 GMT

It is very possible as I have often been an early filer and I get my refunds very quickly, one time within 6 days. So it is very realistic if you are filing this early that you will get it that fast. Hope that helps from someone who has been using TurboTax for almost 10 years, if not more. To add, this is especially so if you are doing direct deposit which is what I do.

Message Edited by Guardian on 01-26-2010 03:08 PM

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Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:21:22 GMT

I filed on the 15th and got mine back today. I used turbotax. I also did the direct deposit. Not too shabby.

Message Edited by anevilpetingzoo on 01-26-2010 04:21 PM

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demi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:33:36 GMT

Just curious....for those of you who have already filed...do you actually have your W-2's? Or are you using your last payment stub or something? It would take a miracle for me to get mine before January 31...always, always seem to be mailed on the last possible date. I have already done my taxes in Turbo tax, but waiting.....

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DI — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:40:31 GMT

Mines was filed on the 15th. Refund sitting in que and will DD on 1/29.

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Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:48:14 GMT

I got my W2 on the 14th. My employer doesn't mail them, they just pass them out at the front door!

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DI — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:51:58 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I got my W2 on the 14th. My employer doesn't mail them, they just pass them out at the front door!

That's better than mailing to save money to avoid laying off employees. Great call for your employer!

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Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:08:03 GMT

For me they use ADP and they provide the w2 electronically in PDF format to download off their server and so it cuts down transit and prep time because you get it the moment they have it and not have to wait until you get it in the mail over a month or so later. That's for me and I get my financial institution 1099s electronically too, so I have everything I need, especially that I e-file, so no paper at all unless some small things they send out these obligatory notices that say $0 which is ridiculous waste but since it doesn't affect anything I don't care that I didn't wait for it.

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MidnightVoice — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:35:35 GMT

@demi wrote:
Just curious....for those of you who have already filed...do you actually have your W-2's? Or are you using your last payment stub or something? It would take a miracle for me to get mine before January 31...always, always seem to be mailed on the last possible date. I have already done my taxes in Turbo tax, but waiting.....

I am still waiting for mine.....

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Anonymous — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:00:05 GMT

I filed on the 16th, and mine was direct deposited yesterday.

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Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:56:18 GMT

We still have not got our w-2's....and our daughter needs to get her FASA filled out!!! I also have a home tax credit this year so I hope they get here soon!!!

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Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:13:10 GMT

Btw, my office manually distributes W-2's too.

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Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:29:41 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
We still have not got our w-2's....and our daughter needs to get her FASA filled out!!! I also have a home tax credit this year so I hope they get here soon!!!

For FAFSA just choose, will file. Select the type and they will normally not ask for anything more but if they do, you can provide them the estimates based on her last pay stub of the year. Hope that helps, I know this works because I have done it and so have others. Good luck.

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marty56 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:56:03 GMT

Just got mine yesterday by DD.

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DI — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:13:50 GMT

@marty56 wrote:
Just got mine yesterday by DD.

Same here and it's gone already. Paid off car loan and sent the remaining to Emigrant Savings.

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Paxx — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:21:36 GMT

I've been filing my taxes with Turbo Tax for about the last 5 years or so and always get it direct depoisted into my bank account. Turn around time is usually 2 weeks or so. This year the wife and I bought a new house and filing for the 1st time buyers tax credit and because of the credit, we have to file via snail mail. Talk about brutal! I'm not even going to start looking for my return until the 1st of March (it was just placed into the mail today). I figure it will take them at least 2 - 3 weeks to just get the paper work and get it assigned to someone to work. Who know how long it takes for them to process once it hits someones desk. Another 2 - 3 weeks?

Ugh, I miss you already efile

Message Edited by Paxx on 02-01-2010 11:21 AM

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demi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:21:58 GMT

Wow, did my Turbo on Friday, Jan 29th, state refund is already in my checking account...and its California to boot (didn't get till July last year).

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Math_Rocks — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:26:40 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
We still have not got our w-2's....and our daughter needs to get her FASA filled out!!! I also have a home tax credit this year so I hope they get here soon!!!
For FAFSA just choose, will file. Select the type and they will normally not ask for anything more but if they do, you can provide them the estimates based on her last pay stub of the year. Hope that helps, I know this works because I have done it and so have others. Good luck.

I am glad that the days of having to file FAFSAs are over but I also really appreciate having got into the habit of filing tax returns as early as possible! (We filed this past weekend - with TurboTax.)

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MattH — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:39:30 GMT

@Math_Rocks wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
We still have not got our w-2's....and our daughter needs to get her FASA filled out!!! I also have a home tax credit this year so I hope they get here soon!!!
For FAFSA just choose, will file. Select the type and they will normally not ask for anything more but if they do, you can provide them the estimates based on her last pay stub of the year. Hope that helps, I know this works because I have done it and so have others. Good luck.
I am glad that the days of having to file FAFSAs are over but I also really appreciate having got into the habit of filing tax returns as early as possible! (We filed this past weekend - with TurboTax.)

I was an undergraduate before the FAFSA forms existed and every college had its own financial aid forms, which required all sorts of numbers my father did not yet know accurately. I remember him complaing every year, "do they really expect me to have extrasensory perception about the future?!?!"