TurboTax Refund Advance & Credit Karma Account Closure - Will IRS Check Go to Me or Credit Karma?
Got a refund advance through TurboTax but Credit Karma suddenly closed my account. IRS says theyre mailing me a check directly instead of depositing it. Never even tried sending it to the bank. Had to do ID verify. Anyone know if the check will go to Credit Karma first for them to take their advance money or straight to me?
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Daryl Bright
The check will be mailed directly to you. The refund advance is a separate loan product - TurboTax/Credit Karma already got paid for that through the loan fees. The IRS doesn't handle repayment of refund advances. You'll get the full refund amount minus any tax prep fees that were supposed to come out.
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Natalie Khan
•omg thank you! Was worried they'd somehow intercept it 😅
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Sienna Gomez
•This happened to me last year. Can confirm check came straight to my mailbox 💯
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Kirsuktow DarkBlade
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Abigail bergen
•For real? How does it work? Does it just read the transcript or what?
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Kirsuktow DarkBlade
•it actually analyzes everything - all codes, dates, amounts and gives you a super clear timeline. Even tells you if theres delays and how to fix them
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Abigail bergen
•Just tried it and WOW 🤯 Finally understand wtf is going on with my refund. Best dollar I ever spent fr fr
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Ahooker-Equator
these tax prep companies are such 🤡🤡🤡 why they gotta make everything so complicated
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Anderson Prospero
Quick heads up - make sure your mailing address is current with the IRS. Those checks can take 4-6 weeks to arrive after they say theyre mailing it.
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Natalie Khan
•ty! just double checked and its all good
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Tyrone Hill
in the same boat rn except with H&R Block 🙄 these tax companies stay playing games
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Toot-n-Mighty
•fr fr they be acting like its their money smh
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Lena Kowalski
Keep that Credit Karma account closure documentation just in case you need it later. Sometimes these things come back to haunt you
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Natalie Khan
•good looking out! already saved screenshots of everything
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