[Patti]

OK…waited thirty minutes to speak to a rep who told me that as far as he can see…nothing has come from DoE. He said, however, that this can change. I asked him about the automated message and he said it must have been a mistake on my part, that perhaps I selected a different option on accident.

I had two offsets for one federal loan. They took my whole check in 2013 and about $1200 last year. I asked the guy what it said in his system and he said that the case is “inactive.” I asked him what that meant and we were literally arguing semantics for a good five minutes before he finally admitted that this was a closed case through DoE!

What bothered me though was his ominous, “it can still change” comment. I asked him flat out if he’s seen offsets so far this tax season from DoE. This was asked to determine whether or not DoE is sending out their yearly garnishments for refunds. His response was that he, himself, have made no such calls yet. I tried to ask the right questions to get the best answers from his, “I cannot confirm nor deny” butt!

Called the hotline again, I guess I chose the correct selection, was informed that at this point in time I have no debts.

[tswan20]

Try this one. It works

https://cisc.sbtpg.com/logon_prompt.aspx

[Crystal]

SBBT only works if you had your filing fees taken from your tax refund. Otherwise it goes straight to your personal account.

[TJ]

Same thing is happening to me so its KY not an issue on our part

[kristen]

Did any other netspend users get anywhere on that website?

[Jay]

Sure, I plan on a movement (or two) over the weekend ;) LMFAO

[Anonymous]

I just called them this evening because I could not get my info from their site. The agent told me it was in the later process and should be approved by Monday and deposited a few days later. The return was sent to them 1/17

[Refundfreak]

no***

[Refundfreak]

Ni just kidding but I can’t wait :)

[keri]

Was wondering the same. I called for my husband and he had one so we called and set up payments but education said they were still taking it so I filed injured spouse. Now I called and he has no offset I dunno what happened

[Ben]

I was kind of wondering the same thing. The IRS offset my return last year to make current a student loan debt. It still shows up when I called the offset line. Even though it was paid last year.

[Kiriu]

No update for me yet. Just the generic “within 14 days this should update” message. The spelling error “teh” made me laugh though.

[Patti]

So I called the offset hotline and they said I “have” two offsets. But they were applied on 2/12/14 and 2/11/13. These amounts sound familiar. Is the automated system supposed to tell me about previous offsets???

I had DIRECT loans. The Automated system said the amount of $xxxx was applied on 2/12/14 and the amount of $xxxx was applied on 2/11/13. They said nothing about an offset to occur in 2015. Can I assume that I’m in the clear? All my federal loans are in deferment until May, and I have two federal Perkins loans that I’m in an arrangement on. I’m on hold right now for an agent. But I’ve been on hold for twenty minutes already…

[lettuceman]

nope – filed with TT on 1/10 – accepted by IRS 1/12 – and there it sits.

[Suzanna]

Mine was accepted on 01/20 with a 01/15 receipt date (when I originally filed with TT). I checked this morning and received a 01/22 authorization. I noticed it took three days before they authorized it. I checked last year and that was the same length of time it took for them to authorize it. However, I have not seen a deposit yet in my bank. My feeling is based on last year – I may not see until next week. But I am remain hopeful….

You might see yours authorized hopefully tomorrow (01/24), if not by Monday.

[elizabeth]

Ouch Ash that sucks did they give you a reason

[tswan20]

Being accepted early is just them testing their transmittal system with forms and such changing over .everyone starts being processed starting opening day and this came from an IRS agent

[Ash032]

I filed 1/15. Didn’t get notification that it was accreted until 1/21 and the CA FTB website showed it was accepted 1/15 on 1/22. Now 1/23 it says it requires extra processing and could take 8+ weeks. Nothing has changed from last year. I filed with TT. This happened the last time we filed with TT also.

[WaterSpirit]

No. I filed early, and mine was accepted on 1/14. I just checked WMR and I was still at the first stage.

[Kevin]

https://igotmyrefund.com/tax-topic-152/

[Kevin]

Mswall06,

No I haven’t. Still states that there is no info from my return in big bold red letters. I think we might be waiting til the federal does it’s thing.

[BF]

My understanding is that Topic 152 is the default message that appears as soon as your information is viewable on WMR, and that it means nothing in terms of the processing of your return. Can somebody confirm or deny this?

[NavyWife2001]

They didn’t give me a date :-(

[Anonymous]

Last year I checked WMR on Saturday and it moved from accepted to refund sent, hoping for the same this year!

[Anonymous]

I’ve always got my refund the same day they sent it to SBBT. SBBT have never held my money. I contacted SBBT and they gave me all my information regarding my deposit. They told me the IRS will deposit my refund on the 6th of Feb, I ask them is there a possibility that the IRS will deposit sooner and they said they honestly do not know. I was accepted the 16th so that’s why I asked if it was a possibility I’d get it sooner.

@navywife2001 Did SBBT give you the same Feb 6th date?

[Anonymous]

I’m sure well have all types of updates come Monday. For some reason I feel like us early filers will be paid mid – late next week.

[NavyWife2001]

Noelle, We have used sbbt every year and we have always gotten ours the same day as our ddd is. I hope that this helps! :-D

[NavyWife2001]

My husband and I had fees taken out by sbbt when we filed on 1/21/2015 with tt and sbbt already has our fee schedule but on wmr we only have 1 bar and the 152 message.

[Lisa Buck]

I filed my taxes today with taxslayer…… already showing Topuc 152. I know from last year that approval is near, I also was approved quick last year. Kinda wondering if it has something to do with the fact that I had a P10 thru the IRS to file. In the past I never was approved so quickly….. always had to wait, that’s the only change.

[Anonymous]

Filed 1/17 accepted 1/20 Still just one bar on wheres my refund site.

[Anonymous]

Nope

[Anonymous]

Last year it took 6 weeks to get mine. Well 4 weeks if you count from the day IRS actually opened. I learned my lesson! This year I filed on the 21st just to be safe. EVERYBODY I know got their tax return at least a week before I did and filed AFTER I did. I have a simple return.

[JustWantMyMoney]

I seriously doubt the first payouts will be issued on 2/5 or 2/6. Payouts went out around that time last year and they opened 11 days later. Some payouts will go out next week for sure.

[Anonymous]

Basically the schedule says we will get them 2/6 if we filed jan 20-24. My state (Wisconsin) DDD is 1/29/15. WMR has 1 bar and tax topic 152.

[WmrASHLEY]

Accepted just means that they have received your info and it has passed a basic info check…meaning names and SSN matched. Approved means they have reviewed your refund and processing has been completed! DDD should come shortly after approval. Hope that helps my mom works for IRS.

[JustWantMyMoney]

Last year I was accepted on 1/27/14 and received my refund on 2/6/14. I think we will see updates over the weekend. If not, Monday at the latest.

[Anonymous]

Last year most of the people who filled early weren’t in the first batch. I am not sure how the IRS processes the returns. I filed mine 1/15 last year IRS didn’t open till the 30th I think. I didn’t get my refund till 02/20. I was going CRAZY! My coworkers who did there’s on the 30th all got their returns the first week of Feb. I hope that isn’t the case this year!

[Anonymous]

Last year my ddd was 2/20 but I got my refund on 2/19 around 6:30 pm pacific time. I filed about 2 weeks early and didn’t get my refund for 6 weeks. This forum helped me stay semi sane! lol

[Anonymous]

@Gail, They accepted it 1/13 but the system had no record of it until 1/20 when Federal returns started processing, yesterday the status changed to processed and boom!! today the money came! I wasn’t expecting that.. so at the most 10 days to process but really I don’t think they started doing anything till Tuesday so that was a 3 day turnaround!

[CoboRop]

@Kathy I filed with FreeTaxUSA as well and was taken aback at how simple it was to answer the insurance question (it kind of makes you wonder what all the fuss was about)!

[mswall06]

Has anyone received a DDD for KY???
Heard anything??

[Anonymous]

My spell check is seriously mentally challenged. I hope you can figure out what I was trying to say. Sorry for the typos.

[Anonymous]

Jmac supposedly even though we got accepted early they didn’t begin processing early filers until the 20th. I of course am just going by what I hear, that’s all I can so. When I contacted SBBT I personally asked them is there a chance of me getting my return sooner than the 6th and they told me they don’t know. So they don’t IRS could very well deposit it before that, that would be great but I have nothing to show that it’ll happen.

[JustWantMyMoney]

Kathy, as long as you had coverage you are fine. They didn’t ask me for more details either.

[tswan20]

I got my DDD on Sunday morning last year and it was for 2/6 which was that following Thursday

[Gail]

Nic~ that’s awesome! When was your PA accepted? This is what it says now on my PA.

Your return was received and information is currently being updated to your account. Please allow 8 to 10 weeks from today to receive your refund. If you need additional information, please call 717-787-8201 and a representative will help you.

I’ve never gotten PA before Fed but maybe PA is going quicker this year! Please let me know Nic :)

[Brad]

I think last year big updates can on Fridays and I remeber getting my transcript on Saturday and ddd on Sunday

[ryan]

will we see any movement over the weekend on regards to being approved and given a DDD? I would imagine no because its the weekend and god forbid a government employee work weekends, but thought possibly since it’s tax season this could be different. Any insight is helpful

[Jmac]

I don’t know why this 2/6 or 2/5 date is floating out there for early filers. Those dates are more than 2 weeks from the start of IRS processing and it never takes that long its always 7 to 10 days from acceptance unless you have a complex filing or something special.

[KayRob]

21 days from the accepted date. I’ve always gotten mine in about a week though.

[Mitchell]

The info I got was from this website they have a chart posted. So it’s usually within 21 days from the accepted or the approved date? I looked on SBBT and it still shows no info on me but I only have 1 bar

[KayRob]

Accepted and received are interchangeable. You’ll see on WMR it says received. You’ll have one bar.

Approved is the next step. You’ll have a two bars and a DDD.

[Anonymous]

Correct accepted simply means they have your return, they accepted it. Approved means they approved your refund. Acceptance is the 1st step then approved, then ddd and deposit. You still may fall into the group of 2/5 but if you don’t mind me asking where did you get that date from? SBBT informed me my deposit is scheduled to be deposited on 2/6 I’ve been accepted since 1/16.

[Mitchell]

I notice on the refund calendar that this site it says when the irs accepts your refund and than a DDD. I just noticed these 2 words seem to be interchanged a lot online and I was Hopi g for some clarity. Taxslayer sent me a email saying my refund was accepted and I only have 1 bar on the WMR site. Does that mean I also still need to be approved? Also does that mean I woildnt fall most likely into the 2/5 DDD group?

Thanks!!!

[Aspis]

@Iwanttoshop, really? Would they know that before wmr even updates? Feb 6, when did you file? TurboTax?

[Aspis]

Still down. Like I needed another reason to panic this week.

[Aspis]

Its probably just a small glitch related large traffic. Im checking again now…

[Aspis]

It means that when I submit the info, the SBBT system, is supposed to return info which then provides the server with the correct info to display on my screen, however, after I enter my info, what the SBBT is sending as a response, which should normally have my personal details, is empty. This is not the same thing as, we dont have your info, because even in that case, the returned value is not empty. So, their system is malfunctioning. Its not you or me personally causing it, its a system wide error, presumably.

[Anonymous]

I called sbbt yesterday asking about my refund, they informed me it is scheduled to be deposited Feb 6th, I ask them is there a possibility it could be sooner they said they do not know.

[My Money Funny]

My bars are missing and it states we have your refund please allow 21 days…..I thought it was to early for this. Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

My log in worked

[Anonymous]

What does empty variable being returned mean?

[Anonymous]

I got the same results.

[Brad]

Starting to worry. Little strange that a lot of us have the bars gone and no amount shown. We all can’t be under review. I hope we all hear something soon

[Aspis]

So the SBBT site where you enter your ssn, filing status, and refund amount, is malfunctioning, at least for me. Im a programmer, and the error page seems to indicate an empty variable being returned.

Anyone else get this result?

[Tiffanie]

I filed my state with TT on the 20th. I was accepted about 30 minutes later (per TT), yet the Ohio site is still showing they don’t have my return.

[Memacs62173]

i haven’t had bards since sun. A lot of people are missing bars. I’ve on irs site and it says that’s these can disappear. It doesn’t mean anything.

[Bettahavemymoney]

Does anyone know what it means? Its only been 3 days so why are the bars already gone? My bars went missing today and amount is gone. Anyone knows what that means? Should I call?

[Crystal]

Thank you so much Chastity. Makes me feel more at ease.

[Anonymous]

I just got my PA refund direct deposit!!!…I use netspend so they dont hold anything. That was a fast turnaround…Thanks PA!! hahaha….now only pending FED like everyone else

[Anonymous]

Kathy – all the IRS cares about is if you had coverage. Since you did make sure you keep documentation in case of an audit. Per the IRS Website – http://www.irs.gov/Affordable-Care-Act/Individuals-and-Families/The-Health-Care-Law-Getting-Ready-to-File-Your-Tax-Return

[kathy]

sorry for some reason I couldn’t start a new thread. I have a question about having health care for the whole year of 2014. I do have health care as I am retired air force with tricare, but all it asked me when I was filling out my taxes on free tax if I had insurance for the whole year of 2014 which I did, but did not ask me who I had it with, is that normal? Just wondering why it didn’t ask me who I had it with I guess

[anon]

I filed Oregon state on the 15th. Accepted on the 21st. The Oregon refund page has no record of my return yet.

[Stacie]

Deposits are usually on a Thursday/Friday in my experience – so I’m hoping for next Thursday/Friday the 29th/30th. the 5th/6th seem a bit too far out for earliest filers … I guess we’ll see.

[Stacie]

i submitted both state and federal with TaxAct and both were accepted within minutes of being submitted. Neither show approved as of yet. I’m waiting to see approval and can’t wait to see first official direct deposit dates because I’m early enough to be in that first window, I think. Will keep checking and update if I see anything. :)

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