IRS Refund Advance Experience & Timeline - Anyone Get Approved?
Filed my taxes last week and got accepted right away. Really need the money asap and thinking about applying for a refund advance. Has anyone done this? How long did it take to get approved and get the money? What was your experience like?
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Zara Shah
Tax professional here - be careful with refund advances. They often come with high fees and interest rates. If you're getting a refund, you'll typically get it within 21 days if you e-filed with direct deposit and there are no issues with your return.
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Sean Flanagan
•thanks for the heads up about the fees. didnt realize they charge that much 😩
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NebulaNomad
•21 days is best case scenario tho. my return took 4 months last year 🤮
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Luca Ferrari
Hey! Instead of playing the guessing game, you should check out taxr.ai - it's this new tool that analyzes your transcript and tells you exactly when to expect your refund. It costs $4.99 but totally worth it to know what's actually going on. https://taxr.ai
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Nia Wilson
•interesting... how accurate is it? does it just read the transcript or what?
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Luca Ferrari
•It uses AI to analyze everything in your transcript - tells you if there are delays, why they happened, and even how to fix issues. Super detailed stuff
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Nia Wilson
•just tried it and OMG where has this been all my life?! It literally told me exactly why my refund was delayed and what to do about it. Best $5 I ever spent fr fr 💯
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Mateo Martinez
I got one through H&R Block last year. Got approved in like 2 hours and had the money next day. But they took like $100 in fees 🙄
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Aisha Hussain
•same. the fees are ridiculous but when ur desperate ur desperate lol
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Ethan Clark
dont do it fam its basically a payday loan with extra steps
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StarStrider
Applied through TurboTax, got denied even tho my refund was like 3k. Such clowns 🤡
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Yuki Sato
•their whole system is broken tbh
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Carmen Ruiz
i tried jackson hewitt. got approved for half my refund amount but the fees were insane. like 40% APR or sumthing crazy
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Sean Flanagan
•yikes thats steep af
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Aiden Chen
I'm in a similar situation - filed early and really need the cash flow. From what I'm reading here, it sounds like the fees are pretty brutal across the board. Maybe I'll just wait it out and check the IRS Where's My Refund tool obsessively like I do every year 😅 Has anyone had luck getting their refund faster by calling the IRS directly?
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