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I used TaxAct, so maybe there's something about how they process their payments that makes it look like a multiple direct deposit. The IRS person said they were just figuring it out themselves based on the calls that were coming in and they hadn't figured out exactly why, just that a large number of people who had to pay to e-file are in the "mail a check" category.
But the IRS web site specifically states that direct depositing your return into multiple accounts means you're getting mailed a check (down at the bottom) so, Tom is definitely in for a wait.
It says something about entering into a financial arrangement with your tax preparer in the next paragraph, so that may be why mine is in this category.
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Argh. Turns out it doesn't matter what software I used, since I owed them money this year and used direct debit, I'll be getting a paper check. For whatever reason, they can't use that same account information to do a direct deposit.
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My social ends in the May 9th group. I wanted to update anyone who is interested that I received my electronic deposit yesterday.
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My direct debit says "IRS" on the description line, so I'm hoping that means they just forwarded my information to the IRS rather than collecting the money from me and then disbursing it to the IRS, which I would guess creates the problem, if I had to guess.
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To clarify, paying to e-file ONLY changes you to paper check IF you pay to e-file using your refund. (At least, that's how it's supposed to work.) If you paid with a debit/credit card to e-file with Turbo Tax, you will still get direct deposit.
Also, if you chose to get a "refund anticipation loan", that usually bumps you into the paper check category, too.
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I just checked the mailing schedule, and if it comes by check, we will have just missed it to move/go on vacation.
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I did not use my refund to pay to e-file, nor did I take a refund anticipation loan. I'm still going to have to wait til 6/20. Again, the IRS person with whom I spoke indicated that there was something at work that they didn't yet understand clearly.
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Jim-Me, it may be different for Tax Act users. From what I understand, TurboTax users who used debit/credit to pay should still get it via direct deposit, though. And some Tax Act customers who paid that way are getting thiers direct deposited, so I'm not sure what the deal is.
One other thing not relevant to your situation but that might be to someone else's is that if you filed your taxes after mid-March you may not get your payment on schedule. (Though some people are. It really seems almost totally random at this point...)
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On year I found my refund check in my backyard. It was all torn and tattered, like that camp song about the billboard. I think it must have gotten blown out of the mailbox on a gusty day.
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What's kinda annoying is that the IRS didn't say ANYTHING about this until AFTER people started getting (or not getting) their money. You would think if they knew this was going to happen they could give some notice so people could plan accordingly.
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Exactly. I think I'll still be able to make it but we won't be able to do as much as we thought.
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Hey, brojack, cause for hope (at least a small amount): just read one woman's post that she had TT take out her fees from her refund-- and got her refund DD into her account the day it was supposed to (today) anyway. So again, it seems this is all completely weird and almost randomly people are getting or not getting DD according to some very strange rules.
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I haven't seen/gotten mine. If it was coming by DD, we should have been the 9th. But we did owe, and I did pay the filing fee with a different account, and I filed on April 15th at about 11:15 p.m. So who knows, right? So flippin' exciting.
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No moneys for me yet Guess it'll be late next month or early July. At least that gives me more time to think of something to do with it, though I suppose I should do the grownup thing and put it towards paying off the new car.
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My sister-in-law is lending us part of her check for our vacation. We'll have to back off a little bit but we'll still have a good time.
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Rather, it was by direct deposit, in case anyone was wondering ;-) I filed our tax return with TurboTax.
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