MotherFUCKER

[yendi]

From here:

A. Taxpayers who use Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs) or enter into any other loans or financial agreements with a tax professional, such as agreeing to have return preparation fees deducted from their refunds, cannot receive their stimulus payments by direct deposit and instead will get paper checks based on the paper check distribution schedule.

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!

Of course I chose the option to have the fees deducted. Can't imagine that, say, everyone who used Turbotax Online didn't.

Fucking bullshit. And Turbotax buried this little piece of info when I was filling out the forms, of course.

So instead of the stimulus check arriving today in our account, it'll be sent on paper in two fucking months.

Fuckers.

Intuit and the IRS can go "stimulate" themselves.

(And yes, I'm equal parts pissed at Intuit, for burying the information associated with taking advantage of the service, the IRS for the stupid plan, and me for not being aware of it.)

Comments

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Oh sod.

Now I wonder what I selected. CRAP.

[audacian.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, great icon. May I yoink?

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Sure! It's by iconzicons.

[audacian.livejournal.com]

Baw, that sucks. H&R Block takes the money out of the refund. Damn it. THat doesn't make sense.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

I haven't my stuff done by a preparer since I worked there but the online software gives you the option to just go ahead and pay with a credit/debit card.

[audacian.livejournal.com]

Ah, I meant that I had chosen' that option. Left out some words there (it's early)!

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

Ah, that makes more sense!

It IS early. I've been at work since 7:30am and I'm only just now starting to wake up.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

It actually makes sense - because rapid refunds are really a loan from the tax prep company and your actual refund goes to them. So if the IRS used that info, whatever company prepared your taxes would get your stimulus check. The situation is similar with the plans that deducted fees from your refund. They open an account for you into which your refund gets deposited and then they disperse it.

[masque12.livejournal.com]

Wow. I normally use the same option, but I actually owed money this year. Never thought I'd be happy to owe money on taxes.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

...we paid for a tax professional?I thought you did the taxes.

[yendi]

We used Turbotax.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

BUt federal is free with Turbotax, I thought. If you just paid for state, it shouldn't affect this. It didn't mine. Unless you paid for extra stuff, I guess?

[yendi]

Federal's free if you have a nice simple return. We needed the advanced one that covers things like home offices and other stuff.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Oh I see. That makes sense then. Suckage!

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

What?

WHAT?

FUCKING WHAT?

[mfree.livejournal.com]

Hrmm. *examines bank records*

Says US treasury on it... I suppose I'm ok, I'm pretty sure I paid for mine directly.

[sistermaryeris.livejournal.com]

I know. Me too. This isn't the first time I've seen something nasty like this come out of TurboTax's database either.

BUT IT'S SO EASY. :(

Stupid.

[pkthunder.livejournal.com]

Dude, that really sucks. But no, not all of us choose that option.

[fiannaharpar.livejournal.com]

We also had a complicated tax return and couldn't pay out of pocket, so we took it out of our return.

Fabulous.

I feel full of stupid.

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

It is annoying.

I didn't use such, but the damn social security order confuses... as I don't know if they will use my number or my wife's to send (and they are on different locations on when things get mailed). If it's mine, it's July 4th. Damn annoying late.

[perseph12.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my mother made that discovery, too.

You can check on the status of your refund by calling: 1-800-829-0582, x462. A real person eventually answers.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

God bless PAYE. =:o}

(Please, Mr Brown, can we have our 10% band back? I mean, it *was* your idea in the first place... [PLEADING EYES] )

[audacian.livejournal.com]

OK, so.. I definitely had H&R Block take out prep fees, and I got my refund by direct deposit today. So .. yeah, I'm not sure how true this is, I guess.

[terminusvox.livejournal.com]

me too. Amen to what you said.