Trying to break thee refund DaVinci code

[ImnoEINSTEIN]

I find it odd that people that were accepted 1/21 have DDD, while those accepted 1/11 do not. I understand open day officially was 1/19, but come on now. I am trying to find out if any of these following factors have any role in how refunds are processed, as far as order and/or update:

State
First letter of last name
last letter of SSN…ooops, number I mean.

okay here I go

Filed 1/15/16
accepted 1/19/16
HRBlock, fees deducted from refund
Oregon
Last name letter: S
Last number of SSN: 0

I will be Sherlock Holmes and solve this mystery of it takes all day! LOL!!

[Anonymous]

I wasn’t aware that the DL verification was a delay. I filed on TT on the 19th and I’m still on 1 bar. I swear, this is like waiting on the Dominos Pizza Tracker. LMAO
Seriously, they said that I would have my refund by the 9th of February…so IDK how true TT was about the refund date.

[Impatiently waiting]

Pretty sure the dl verification doesn’t matter I saw where someone used taxhawk and got their DDD today and tax hawk doesn’t even ask for a DL # we will never get it some stuff each year!

[Gennefur]

@Nmsee You know I had that theory because 3/4 years ago I got sick of watching everyone who filed after me getting their funds and I was waiting by filing early. The last few years I filed between 9-11am on the date it opens and it had made my refund always hit 10 days. I know my own paranoia probably but it had worked for me.

[Gennefur]

Oh yea I did a pin and driver’s license, don’t know if that moved it along or not. Next year I bet it will be something out of a Syfy movie and they will have us scan out finger prints and a drop of blood. lol

[Nmsee]

I think it’s just being early filers.. Filed early last year and didn’t get money until everyone else was paid out.. At least it seems that way.. Since the filings are being done by computers and by human people..

Is it possible for the early tester batches to be the first through the human progress.. Maybe they are looked over by people.. Then computers.. Then the people recheck making sure computer is functioning properly.. Sounds insane, but would explain the length of time early filers have to wait..

Fortunately or unfortunately we didn’t get to file early this year..

[MCRT88]

And we also BOTH did our Filing PINs AND also did DL Verification.

[Gennefur]

I haven’t had the fees taken out of my refund for the past 3 years and it always moves at the same speed if I did or didn’t. So I don’t think that has anything to do with it. I am really thinking it is the processing centers and if you are on the weekly/daily update. Someone else posted it over here:

http://www.irstaxseason.com/irs-wheres-my-refund-updating-schedule.html

[MCRT88]

Well.. Stuck one bar still this morning. Pretty upset about it. My Fiancee and I both filed the same day but both of us don’t have DDDs yet.. I don’t see how people that filed after us have DDDs and we still don’t?

Here it is:
Both filed 1/19
Both accepted 1/19
Both with TT
Both have fees deducted (which has never caused delays before)
Both are in OREGON
Both last name letter: M
My SS # 8 / Hers # 5

[R4ce]

The fee/pay up front theory isn’t bad, but I don’t think it’s correct. I paid up front through Tax Act as I always do, and no DDD yet for me. I filed on 1/15 and was accepted the same day. Like others have said though. I have received my refund before and WMR has still been at 1 bar.

[ArmyHub]

I’m thinking it has to do with the verification if you gave DL# or not

[Gennefur]

I think a large part of it comes out of where you were processed out of. I am processed out of the UT center and they seem to move quick. I recall the last two years people were all comparing their codes on their transcript and a majority were out of the same ones. But that is just my guess

[gtjibbb]

The only pattern I am seeing, and idk about this…. But the people with fees paid up front seem to be getting ddd 1/29. Those who are having fees taken out are not? But it can still happen that they will get ddd 1/29 too, I have received my money before wmr has even moved from one bar in previous years.

[ImnoEINSTEIN]

Gosh, I hope this post doesn’t make me sound like a Nigerian scammer! LOL!!

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