I wish I would have known this before I let turbo tax take the fee out of my refund. Now I have to wait until July.....boo!

I was going to let them take the fee out of my refund, but I didn't. I forget why. I think it may have been cheaper if I paid by credit card... either way, glad I didn't now cause I already gots my monies!

by the way, not everyone gets $600. I got a letter in the mail saying to expect only $300

I am just waiting patiently, I hope I just get something.

That freaking sucks! The whole reason I even did direct deposit was so I could get my rebate May 9th instead of the end of June. Had I known, I would have used a debit or credit card. Oh well...thanks for the info.

ImLissy...it was extra for them to just take it out of your refund (like maybe even $20) so that was probably the reason why you didn't do it. GRRR!!! I am kicking myself now....what a dumb move.

I didn't even know there was an extra fee when i had them take it out of my refund, i should read things better!

Ugh this stinks.

So basically if you used TT and they took the cost out of your refundsyou won't get this DD-you have to wait for a paper check?

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

gg I didn't know this either...

well, I was supposed to get mine last Friday and no sign of it yet, so I don't know how accurate the schedule is anyway!

We received our rebate today.

Recieved my rebate today. And even those with over 3,000 dollars of taxable income will not always get 600$. I discovered you get the amount of your net federal income tax liability, with a MAXIMUM of $600 and a minimum of $300.

This happened to my cousin. She had her taxes done and did the fast refund at an extra cost and now will not receive her stimulus payment via direct deposit. They are mailing her a paper check on May 16. This is exactly why I do my own taxes and mail them into the IRS with all my documents and just wait patiently for my refund to be direct deposited. It took me 3 weeks from the time they received my tax return to get my refund direct deposited, but now I am supposed to get my stimulus direct deposited on May 9th.

duckduckgoose and lady angel....if you don't mind sharing the last digits of your social? Ours is 48 and IRS website says May 9th. Just curious how they are actually doing this. I know its by social, but what else do they do to determine when to deposit someones rebate? Alphabetical? When they received your return?

NO! NO! NO! NO! WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?!

Uh, I filed my federal taxes with Turbo for free. Is the said cost for STATE tax filing?

I filed my state taxes directly through my state's website. That was for free, too.

Good to know!

faery ~

You have mail.

Since many of the details covering the tax rebate checks were not communicated by the IRS until tax season was almost over, there have been many surprises for taxpayers (and the tax software vendors). For example, earlier posts have already talked about the fact that those taxpayers who used a third party bank to process their tax service fees and refund will receive their REBATE by check. Bummer yes!

But this also applies to anyone who elected to have their tax refund split between more than one account. For example, perhaps you wanted to split your refund between your savings and checking accounts. As a result, the IRS will be mailing you a REBATE check instead of direct deposit. Just another case of unintented consequence.

On the positive side, at least the IRS is about a week ahead of schedule in processing the REBATE checks.

Bob Meighan
VP, TurboTax

dang it! now i get it a month later. grrrrrrrr

Well, maybe I'll get it in July then...better late than never I guess!

okay that turbo tax thing doesn't apply to me and i still have not gotten it today. other people i know have.