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TurboTax's "Expedited" Refund Failed - Won't Get $1,810 Until Original Date (01/29/2025) Despite Paying Extra Fees

Just found out filing 5 days before the official start date completely messed up my return. I just got an email from TurboTax about "Update on your federal refund" where they said "Your federal refund will now arrive by its original expected date of 01-30-2025. We couldn't expedite it by five days as planned. You won't be charged any 5 day early fees." So I paid the extra fees to get my refund "expedited" and now they're just telling me it'll arrive on the original date anyway? Plus I had an offset I didn't know about. My federal refund before fees was supposed to be $1,910.74, and I paid total fees of $278 including $89 for TurboTax Live Deluxe. Now I'm stuck in limbo and can't get through to anyone at the IRS. TurboTax just says "We'll send you an email when your refund is on its way." I'm really frustrated because I specifically paid to get this faster, and now it's not happening. Has anyone else filed early and got stuck? Did TurboTax offer you an "expedited" refund option that didn't actually work? I'm wondering if this is a common issue with filing before the official start date.

Avery Davis

Tax professional here. Filing before the official start date can cause your return to get stuck in processing limbo. The IRS systems aren't fully ready to handle returns before the official date. As for the offset, thats a separate issue that would have affected you regardless of when you filed.

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Ev Luca

ughhh wish i knew this before 😫 any idea how long ill be stuck waiting?

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Avery Davis

Usually takes 6-8 weeks to sort out early filing issues. But with the offset youll need to contact the Treasury Offset Program directly

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Collins Angel

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Marcelle Drum

for real? does it actually work or is it just another scam? πŸ€”

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Collins Angel

100% legit! It showed me exactly why my refund was held up and even predicted my DDD within 2 days accuracy

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Marcelle Drum

just tried it and OMG where has this been all my life?! πŸ’― worth every penny

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Tate Jensen

same boat fam. filed jan 15th like a 🀑 and now im paying for it

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Adaline Wong

This happened to me last year! Had to wait till March but eventually got it sorted. The offset is gonna be the bigger headache tbh

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Ev Luca

march?! im gonna cry 😭

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Gabriel Ruiz

idk who needs to hear this but STOP FILING EARLY! every year ppl do this and every year they get burned fr fr

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Misterclamation Skyblue

louder for the people in the back! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Peyton Clarke

Have you checked your transcript? Might show more info about the offset

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Ev Luca

tried but its all gibberish to me ngl

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