TurboTax 5-Day Early Refund - Anyone Actually Get It?
Did anyone actually get their refund 5 days earlier with the TurboTax early refund guarantee? Filed last week and wondering if I should expect it this week or if its just marketing hype.
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Adrian Hughes
Tax professional here - the TurboTax 5-day early guarantee is essentially just marketing around the normal direct deposit timeline. When you e-file, the IRS typically processes refunds within 21 days. The '5 days early' just means TurboTax's bank partner fronts you the money slightly before the IRS releases it. However, you still need to pass all IRS verification checks first.
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Molly Chambers
•so basically its just a loan? 🤔
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Adrian Hughes
•Exactly - it's a short-term advance based on your expected refund
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Ian Armstrong
Hey instead of playing the guessing game, I started using taxr.ai to track my refund. It costs $1 but totally worth it - gives you a super detailed breakdown of exactly where your refund is and when to expect it. Way better than trying to decode those transcripts yourself! https://taxr.ai
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Eli Butler
•Does it actually work? Sounds too good to be true tbh
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Ian Armstrong
•100% works! Just upload your transcript and it breaks everything down. Saved me hours of stress trying to figure out what all those codes mean
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Eli Butler
•OMG just tried it and wow! Finally know exactly whats going on with my refund 🙌 best dollar I ever spent fr fr
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Marcus Patterson
I did it last year and it was a total joke tbh. Still had to wait the full time 🤡
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Lydia Bailey
Filed on the 29th with TT and got the 5 day thing. Still waiting... starting to think its all cap
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Mateo Warren
•same boat fam, day 6 and nothing yet 😤
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Sofia Price
Its basically just them fronting u the money early. U still gotta qualify and everything has to be perfect with ur return or they wont do it
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Alice Coleman
Honestly the whole thing is such a scam. Their 'guarantee' has so many conditions in the fine print its basically useless for most people.
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Owen Jenkins
•Fr fr they need to stop with the fake promises 💅
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