How long for IRS refund to reach tax preparer's bank account? First timer here
Filed my taxes and chose to have the refund sent to my tax preparer first (they take their fees out). Anyone know how long this typically takes? First time doing it this way and getting nervous about the wait.
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Miguel Ramos
Tax professional here - typically it takes 2-3 business days after the IRS releases the refund for it to hit the preparers bank. Then they'll process their fees and release it to you, usually within 24-48 hours. So you're looking at 3-5 business days total from IRS release date.
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Ava Martinez
•thx for the info! that helps alot. do they usually notify you when they get it?
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Miguel Ramos
•Most preparers will send an email or text when they receive and process it. If you haven't heard anything after 5 days, def give them a call 👍
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QuantumQuasar
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Zainab Omar
•Does it actually work? Seems too good to be true 🤔
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QuantumQuasar
•100% works! It analyzed my transcript and predicted my exact deposit date. Even caught an issue I didn't know about
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Zainab Omar
•just tried it and OMG where has this been all my life?! So much better than trying to decode those cryptic transcripts myself 💯
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Connor Gallagher
word of warning - did this last year and my preparer took forever to release the $$$. never again fr fr 🤮
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Yara Sayegh
•same! waited like 2 whole weeks once smh
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Keisha Johnson
mine came in 4 days total. guess it depends on your preparer
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Paolo Longo
next time just get direct deposit to ur own account bestie, skip the middle man 💅
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Ava Martinez
•ya learning that the hard way rn lol
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