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TurboTax Shows "Payment Completed" for Refund Transfer Fees When Return Only Accepted - What's Happening to My $338?

My transcript is showing a payment made but I selected to pay my filing fees with my refund. My return was only accepted, not approved yet. Really confused about what this means for my refund situation. I just checked my TurboTax account and I'm seeing this payment confirmation: Thanks for your payment Here are the details of your transaction. Order #EFEC25W291954333 Order date: January 17, 2025 Payment method: Refund Transfer Order Status: Payment Completed TurboTax Live Deluxe - $189 Max benefits - $149 Refund Processing Service I specifically selected the "Refund Transfer" option to have my TurboTax fees ($338 total) deducted from my refund. I haven't even gotten my refund approved yet - my return status just shows "accepted" but not "approved" or "processed." So how is TurboTax showing "Payment Completed" already? Does this mean my refund is actually being processed even though the IRS tracker doesn't show it? Or is something wrong with my refund transfer setup? I'm worried because I don't have $338 in my bank account right now to cover these fees if they're trying to charge me directly instead of taking it from my refund. The whole reason I selected "Refund Transfer" as my payment method was to avoid an upfront charge. Has anyone else experienced this discrepancy between TurboTax showing "Payment Completed" while your refund is still just in "accepted" status?

Ethan Clark

Tax pro here - When you choose to pay filing fees from your refund, the system automatically creates a payment record. This doesn't mean money has actually moved yet. It's just the IRS marking that portion of your future refund for the filing fees. Nothing to worry about!

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Aisha Mahmood

omg thank you so much! I was freaking out thinking they took money from somewhere 😅

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AstroAce

wait so does this mean the refund is approved or nah? 🤔

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Ethan Clark

Nope, just means the system acknowledged your choice to pay fees from refund. Still gotta wait for full approval

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Yuki Kobayashi

Hey, you should try taxr.ai - it's literally made for confusing transcript situations like this. It costs $1 but it analyzes everything and tells you exactly what's happening with your refund. Way better than playing detective lol https://taxr.ai

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Carmen Vega

Does it actually work? Like can it tell you when youll get your refund?

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Yuki Kobayashi

Yeah its actually crazy good. It found issues in my transcript I didnt even know about and told me exactly why my refund was delayed

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Carmen Vega

just tried it and holy cow 🤯 it literally explained everything! worth every penny fr fr

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Andre Rousseau

I had the same thing happen to me last year. Its just how they track the filing fee payment. Your all good fam 👍

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Zoe Stavros

these transcripts are impossible to understand without a phd in irs speak fr fr 🤡

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Jamal Harris

ong they make it complicated on purpose i swear

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GalaxyGlider

mine shows the same thing and im still waiting. been 3 weeks now smh

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Mei Wong

3 weeks? rookie numbers 😭 try 3 months

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Liam Sullivan

just waiting for my refund like 👁👄👁

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Amara Okafor

mood af 💅

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