Sent to wrong account! Help!

[Taylor]

I finally got through to the IRS after finding out I sent my refund to the wrong account.
They told me that my bank will reject it in two weeks (what??) and then the IRS will send me a paper check in 9 weeks.
Is it seriously going to take that long? That is insane!
The WMR site isn’t being updated as rejected either, so I’m afraid my money was actually deposited into someones account other than mine.
I filed on Turbo Tax so it’s only showing me the last 4 that I entered so I can’t give my bank the whole account number for them to look it up.

Also! To anyone having trouble getting through to the IRS here’s what I did and I spoke with a live person in a matter of mins.
Call 1-800-829-0582
Select 1 for English
Use extension 652
;)

[Taylor]

Ok so I finally got this figured out!
After three days of my bank, the IRS, and TurboTax giving me the run around I was able to speak to someone with some damn sense.
These people were not understanding that I have NO CLUE what the account number it went to is.
I can only see the last 4 on turbotax.
Soooo I spoke with customer service w/ TurboTax for the fifth time and finally got the number to a tax bank or something that handles their payments.
anyway, I called the number and got to speak with a live person right away who looked me up in the system and was able to tell me that my DD was cancelled and a paper check was sent to me yesterday.
The funds didn’t even go back to the IRS!

So happy I don’t have to wait 9 weeks like I expected!!
Thanks for the help and advice guys :)

[DammitLana!!]

I did the exact same thing I switched the numbers around on my account. I only figured it out by looking at my return for maybe 15 times. I called my bank to seek if the account was someones account but thank the LORD that it was a ghost account and it wasn’t deposited into someone else’s account.

Maybe you can get the wrong number from the return and call your bank to get them to verify whether its someone’s account or not. Make sure you clarify that you’re not trying to get their name or anything.

[Taylor]

Yes that’s correct.
I will have to call TurboTax again today and see if I can get them to give me the account number that was entered.
Chase is saying it’s “probably” rejected.
I’m sill worried.😞

[Ten1seven]

@Ellie

She knows her acct number, she entered the incorrect acct number on turbo tax and she can’t see the whole incorrect number to give to chase bank to look up and see if it was deposited into the wrong acct…. I believe.

[Ellie]

Sooo..

Go look at your return abd then log ibto your on line banking site. Dont use the mobile app
..go to the full site. It will be there…
The account number not the return. Lol

Good luck.

[James]

There’s a possibility that your refund will deposit into someone else’s account. I had that happen to a friend of mine, unfortunately. It was a huge mess or her.

[Ten1seven]

Mine wasn’t rejected. I found out the problem with my acct the day after I filed so I was able to catch it before deposit. I called it’s and Had them switch from dd to paper check In order to avoid that process of rejection

[Taylor]

Yes it’s definitely a pain, in ok with waiting I just hope it didn’t go into someone else’s account.
How long did it take to show rejected on the WMR? It’s still saying it’s been deposited

[Ten1seven]

The bank should reject it if the names don’t match. Im waiting on a paper check now but for different reasons. A co worker of mine however, had her dd rejected on 2/17 and is due to have her paper check mailed out on 2/27. Today. That’s only ten days, I know it’s a pain but it’s better than 9 weeks :/ sorry you’re having trouble. I hope it gets better for you.

[Taylor]

I double checked TurboTax and the last four of the account info was wrong and not mine.
I’m not sure how this happened as I am usually very careful…
anyway, chase doesn’t see any incoming deposits and I had a deposit date if 2/23

I hope it’s been rejected and sent back already

[Amra]

Call your bank. They may be able to look it up with just your name and your deposit amount.

How did you find out it was sent to the wrong account?

The bank has probably already rejected it.

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