[Danna]

I had mine on the 29th of last year. Before opening. I expect a DDD tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

I have no reason to lie and neither does my friend. Keep being and impatient idiot, it works well for you.

[Chris g]

About the netspend cards… I’ve been having my tax refund DD into my netspend account the past 5 years. Every year, its hit my card 3-4 days before the official IRS date. This is because they make funds available as soon as they receive notification about a pending deposit.

IMPORTANT!!!!!
Netspend will still receive the money even if you haven’t got your card in the nail, but they won’t make it available until you have activated your card. So for example. Say netspend gets told that they are gonna get a direct deposit from the IRS for 5,000 on February 2nd, but you don’t get your card until February 5th. When you log onto netspends website, it’s gonna say you have 0.00 balance. It won’t even show it as pending. As soon as you activate your card it becomes available.

I had to order a replacement card a few weeks ago, I live in New York, it took 6 business days.

[Anonymous]

@ lennyfromga when did you file your taxes?

[Steve]

same message. I hope everything is alright. My federal 1040 was audited last year and denied but I got my Oklahoma taxes. Not sure what is going on this year

[Theresa]

I filed on the 8 with taxact on the 8th, was accepted by the IRS on the 12th, and I am still sitting at one bar……was kind of hoping to get refund this week….but it doesnt look that way…..

I do a standard 1040, same thing every year…..

[Amanda]

Availability of “Where’s My Refund?”

Where’s My Refund? is available almost all of the time. However, our system is not available every Monday from 12:00 am (Midnight) to 3:00 am Eastern Time.
Our Change of Address and Refund Trace features are not available during the following times (Eastern Time):

Sunday 12:00 am (Midnight) to 7:00 pm
Monday 12:00 am (Midnight) to 6:00 am
Tuesday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Wednesday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Thursday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Friday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Saturday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
and 9:00 pm to 12:00 am (Midnight)

Also, occasionally our system may be unavailable on Sundays between 1:00 am and 7:00 am Eastern Time

[Ms.Cartier]

I found this on yahoo answers. It’s from 2010. Is it possible this could be causing confusion by not paying attention to the year? IJS

What is the first day the irs is issueing refunds for direct deposit?
I know they only issue on friday, but is this friday the first date or is it not…show more
7 Answers • United States

Best Answer (Chosen by Voter)
If you e-filed your return before January 21st, your direct deposit would be scheduled for January 29th.

Good luck all

[Amanda]

Oh by the way. Where’s My Refund does system updates.

Availability of “Where’s My Refund?”

Where’s My Refund? is available almost all of the time. However, our system is not available every Monday from 12:00 am (Midnight) to 3:00 am Eastern Time.
Our Change of Address and Refund Trace features are not available during the following times (Eastern Time):

Sunday 12:00 am (Midnight) to 7:00 pm
Monday 12:00 am (Midnight) to 6:00 am
Tuesday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Wednesday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Thursday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Friday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Saturday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
and 9:00 pm to 12:00 am (Midnight)

Also, occasionally our system may be unavailable on Sundays between 1:00 am and 7:00 am Eastern Time

[Amanda]

Are you people that crazy? OK THE IRS DOES NOT PROCESS TAXES BY WHERE YOU HAD YOUR TAXES DONE AT. For example some of you are saying H&R Blocks taxes are going to be deposited on the 28th and Jackson Hewitt customers taxes will be deposited on the 29th Turbo Tax gets theirs on the 30th. That’s a bunch of garbage that’s not how it works. They review them as they come in. Some situation are different and require more time to process. No matter who you talk to everyone has something different to say. The only people that knows when you get your return is the IRS. They will send you your return within 21 days PERIOD. The IRS is sticking to that. so check your statuses in 21 days. This is tough love guys I am being honest you think its going to be a quick thing like it has been in the past tax seasons. Things are different now. You have all the tax deductions, the Obamacare and you have a lot of fraud cases (where people are stealing SS# and making up fake companies to collect money from the IRS. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

[Anonymous]

@Rizza4235, No I haven’t yet received it yet…hoping for a deposit tomorrow…for reference I’m referring to my PA State refund

[Crystal]

I ordered my Netspend card when I filed on the 20th and I have still not received it, but I did log on to the website and set up my account. And I was able to somewhat track my card. I know that it has been shipped.

[Cafeazucartx]

I usually try to be calm and wait but….. I want my money yesterday -__- I am aware it’s not possible but -__- sucks to have to wait with no type of updates…

[Britmarie]

I’ve read another website that the first deposits will Jan 28-Jan29 I will try and get the website for everyone. Not sure if it true but figured I share with ya’ll

[Tiffanie]

I have read a lot of forums about Ohio looking for answers and from what I see there are 2 groups of people right now, us with no info at all in the system and others who have a message saying they being manually reviewed. Hoping no record is the better status right now.

[vafiler]

Yes I had my refund and payroll deposit to my Netspend card for years because you get you money 2 days earlier. I also lost my card before and went into family dollar and got another one and they added that card to my account so I can access my funds until a new card come in the mail. Great card,

[impatientlywaiting]

Have your “friend” take a picture with their work badge, holding todays paper with “igmr” written on it in sharpie, very boldly. Then i might believe you

[BLESSED]

Hi all,

Hoping you can help. My husband has a PA State student loan that went into default and his wages have been garnished for a year. When we called the offset line his soc. brought up no debts. Last year, the loan was in default and he was near garnishment and we did not get out tax return taken. Any clue as to why?? We did our taxes and are getting a large amount back, but we are nervous it is going to get taken, regardless we know it is going toward the debt. Has anyone has their social be clear on the offset hotline but have still get their refund taken?

[amanda]

Has anybody received their Netspend Card Yet?? If so, How many days approximately did it take to come????

Thanks Amanda☺️

[Jessica]

I hope its soon. My father in law passed away so we are needing to help out my mother in law. I believe the reason it is taking so long it is because of the Health care act.

[Waitingsucks]

I hope everyone is right on the 27th – 28th my birthday is the 29th!!

[Jmac]

Lies!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Hi guys I have a friend that manages a local Jackson Hewitt and she said that the IRS will give them their first deposits by the 28th and that they were told to tell customers by the 3rd. Hope this helps!!!

[awake]

mine was accepted on the 20th and i still cant track it in the georgia wheres my refund….i always get my state fast….does anyone else have this same issue?

[tiffy]

Sorry for the typos…

[tiffy]

When I log into sbbt it says bo record found for thst amount filing status etc…but I put in correct info cause I put in same info in on irs 2 go app

[Avile]

Filed both around the 14th or 15th. Fed was accepted the next day, state was finally accepted the day before yesterday. Now I’m stuck in processing limbo.

[tiffy]

I meant @iwanttoshop how are you sure liberty tax filers are getting their refund on 28th?

[tiffy]

@jay I filed with liberty on the 2oth so you swear you believe it will see a refund the 28th??

[Totsa]

Refund Trace features are NOT available during the following times (Eastern Time):

Sunday 12:00 am (Midnight) to 7:00 pm
Monday 12:00 am (Midnight) to 6:00 am
Tuesday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Wednesday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Thursday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Friday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
Saturday 3:30 am to 6:00 am
and 9:00 pm to 12:00 am (Midnight)

[Anonymous]

@iwanttoshop!!! you definately made my Sunday I love the positive energy I believe you may be on to something as well ,keep the positive energy flowing!!

[ladyofthenight]

@iwanttoshop….seeing is believing. I was accepted on the 20th but filed on the 7th although it would be a pleasant surprise to wake up to money in my account on the 28th it is hard to believe…I guess we will just have to wait and see.

[BS]

Filed 1/22/15 accepted 1/23/15 had 1 bar, 24th disappeared, today 25th 1 bar return received and being processed with generic 152 code and 21 day message no change so far.

[JenniferQ]

@Britmarie No it shouldn’t hold up anything, you’re fine : )

[Britmarie]

I filed my return on Jan20th and the next morning I checked my email and it said my return was rejected because I had the wrong Pin in anyways I corrected it and 30 min later (jan 21) it was accepted So I was wondering does anyone think this is hold up my retrun on WMR its just at One bar just wondering if there will be a delay since it got rejected dut to a mistake thanks for any help.

[Kimbeely]

I’m also in Az and I filed on 1/7 and it was accepted on 1/12,and its still processing.

[ryno]

Mine says received and is processing, expect in 21 days yada yada

[Anonymous]

Jay00

I wouldn’t BS. It is confirmed with H & R Block that refunds will be there on the 28th of Jan, as well as Liberty Tax. I’m 100% sure refunds will be deposited THIS WEEK! Mark my words, I’ll be on this post on the 27th and 28th!

[mswall06]

I can’t access the page either…update!?….maybe….HOPEFULLY
LOL

[B F]

Big Tex that speed isn’t actually speed at all. Yeah, they accepted your return, but now watch – You will be stuck waiting forever for your refund to be approved and to get a DDD. Last year they started officially accepting returns on January 31st and people got DDDs on February 2nd. This year it’s already been 5 days since they started accepting returns and there have been NO DDDs. Their progress is actually MUCH MUCH SLOWER this year. It is not looking good for us at all.

[Ms miss]

Federal was accepted on jan20
State still pending

[aya]

It’s hard for me to trust WMR. I’ve filed with Taxact for several years, never had a problem. Before that I manually did my own taxes and soon after comparing my figures to taxact’s I became confident in the accuracy of their software and the irs recommended them. A couple of years I filed early I had my refund in 3 to 4 days after being accepted the quickest I’ve ever seen. One year WMR didn’t update at all and the money was already in the bank, checked WMR a couple of days later it finally updated from 1 bar to 3. Then one year it took forever, gave me a deposit date, a couple of days later the deposit date changed. Last year I filed early and it took a full 21 days~ people who filed after me received their money before I did. This year I took a lump sum and had to file a 1099-R which I’m hoping doesn’t affect anything + the usual EIC form. I think their will be action taken on a lot of returns next week but I wouldn’t be surprised if the money is their before WMR updates.

I also noticed that tax act has a delay in relaying information , because this year I filed on the 17th was accepted by the irs on the 20th per taxact email, but my return was already being processed before I received the email, I noticed it because WMR was already updated.

[aya]

I also noticed that tax act has a delay in relaying information , because this year I filed on the 17th was accepted by the irs on the 20th per taxact email, but my return was already being processed before I received the email, I noticed it because WMR was already updated.

[aya]

It’s hard for me to trust WMR. I’ve filed with Taxact for several years, never had a problem. Before that I manually did my own taxes and soon after comparing my figures to taxact’s I became confident in the accuracy of their software and the irs recommended them. A couple of years I filed early I had my refund in 3 to 4 days after being accepted the quickest I’ve ever seen. One year WMR didn’t update at all and the money was already in the bank, checked WMR a couple of days later it finally updated from 1 bar to 3. Then one year it took forever, gave me a deposit date, a couple of days later the deposit date changed. Last year I filed early and it took a full 21 days~ people who filed after me received their money before I did. This year I took a lump sum and had to file a 1099-R which I’m hoping doesn’t affect anything + the usual EIC form. I think their will be action taken on a lot of returns next week but I wouldn’t be surprised if the money is their before WMR updates.

[Nesh]

Same msg

[daniel]

Everyone the is trying to get a copy of their Transcript to get a “jump” on a DDD is wasting their time as well as quite likely “jamming” up the system and making it worse for everyone else… FOR NO REASON. By the time the transcript is posted and you can read it the DDD determination has already been made and “passed on” to the taxpayer AND all the codes that people think help them somehow serve no purpose at all. Heres one more thing, The new IRS software has monitoring and tracking software which monitors things like how many times we access transcripts page, WMR, ETC…. and the software uses this info as well as other info (not sure what that is) and then does some sort of Math to determine if a person needs a “closer look” The thought being if someone is freaking out about getting the refund and is going nuts trying everything 50 times a day and the software determines that that person has had tax issues in the past, has a large refund coming or excessive deductions or WHATEVER it determines well then it red flags the return, A human then needs to manually review it and the explanation that was given to me was that at this point “nobody gets in any hurry” to get it done and get the refund sent./ Im not going to sit here and say that this info came from the IRS director or something stupid like that but I DEFIANTLY would head the warning because it IS accurate info… Wouldn’t have spent the time to write all this if it wasn’t… The Math from the new software made a projection last year that if everyone would have done NOTHING at all but check WMR just ONCE a day that the refunds would have had a 12% increase in the speed at which they were processed and completed across the board… Many factors came into play with this and I don’t even pretend to understand the mathematical algorithms that determine this but what I do understand is this, NOTHING you do will speed up your return, any pre-posted WMR info you think you have may or may not be accurate and this has been proven time after time, just read these posts about all the people with incorrect DDDs, One bar but deposit was made, etc… Its not helping you and its hurting ALL OF US !!! Also follow this link and this is just basic info on the IRS site explaining how all of this is just a waste of time…
http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript-FAQs

[WildcatKy]

well i hope they are finally updating their system i was accepted on the 13th

[Dion]

Keri I’ve been getting the ssl connection message since about 8am, I hope it means they are upgrading.

[tswan20]

They do deposits any day of the week. Last year I got mine on a Thursday and my hubby got his on a Tuesday

[Waitingsucks]

Filed with turbo tax on 1/14 received 1/15 and still just one bar on wmr. Anyone gotten a DDD or been accepted yet? Federal refunds only please

[Ivegotbillsbillsbills]

Filed with TT 1/15 accepted 1/20. Same from yesterday only 1 bar on WMR.

Does anyone know what day of the week they deposit? Thurs or fri??

[Dawn]

I filed on 1 /21 accepted same day. Anyone else file in AZ??
No information on refund yet.

[keri]

Everytime I try to log in to check it takes me to an ssl connection error. Is it down?

[gtjib]

Let’s hope that is a good sign tswan.

[iwannashop]

This is my first year using TBT but i don’t even know what that is.

[SquiggyTah]

I filed with TaxACT on 1/14 and was accepted by the IRS later on that same day. I filed separately for my boyfriend and myself, and we both had the same result. Pretty basic filings, nothing special or any extra forms to fill out just the minimum. But of course as many have said so far as of right now I’m sitting at one bar. I guess I should be happy they didn’t take that small glimmer of hope away from me.

[tswan20]

For the past few years I never got my audit protection certificate until after I received my refund. Today I checked my email and it was there. Anyone get theirs?

[Bella]

My aunt’s was accepted last night and mine this morning per Turbo Tax email but Indiana website still says processing. I didnt get my state last year until 2/18 and I filed around the third week of January

[crenee]

My Ohio return was efiled on Jan.22nd. Ohio “where’s my refund” site has no information on my return??????I figured it might be a little slower processing time because of the new security measures and all, but they aren’t even showing received? It would be good to know that it was at least received.

[Jaktsmom]

I too had an offset last week. Today I get no offsets found for your ss#. I just filed my taxes yesterday so I know its not because it has been paid. Anyone have any insight on this?

[jgardner]

I am from MA and my refund was accepted on 1/20 the WMR for MA state taxes still says they have not processed my return. The information number you can call for updates says it takes 5-7 days to process while the website says it 4 days. I don’t know whats going on this year last year i filed on 2/2 and got my refund for both state and federal on 2/8 which was a saturday

[Melissa]

@ Nisha, unless the system update is state specific, WMR is working just fine.

[Anonymous]

Filed tax act late at night on 1/20 accepted at 1148am on 1/20 by the IRS. Confirmation from both WMR and email from tax act. 1 bar and tax topic 152 since Tuesday night 1/20.

[Eddie]

I was finally able to log on to see my its transcripts and still nothing. I have a screen shot but sort of pointless. Filed 20th 800am accepted 1200pm (4hours later) and still just 1 bar on WMR. Never had problems of any kind either. Just waiting.

[Pattyycakess]

Nope nothing yet and no pending deposits either, I’ll post soon as something changes

[Anonymous]

Bump anyone ?

[Cheerbair]

This happened to me as well. Filed and accepted on 1/22 but WMR is saying incorrect information. Not sure what to think…

[sue]

Filed on the 12th and still no change. State approved though.

[justin]

Ohio has started using some new process to weed out scamers. Unfortunately it hirts us honest people by delaying our returns

[Cheerbair]

I filed and was accepted by taxact on 1/22. WMR is saying I’m not even in their system yet. This doesn’t seem right at all. Just keeps telling me to check and renter my info but it’s all correct.

[Trudy]

I’ve been reading where people are saying they are missing bars or that they call to order transcripts so that they can estimate when they are going to get their refund. I know everyone is anxious! I went online & downloaded my transcript but only thing that was there were prior years & this years wage, plus since I was accepted on the 14th I have never lost a bar. I figure that yes it would be nice to know when to expect our refunds but reality is when they send them they send them! Of course there’s going to be people saying that there’s delays, or someone they know said this or that, or they talked to a rep and was told this! Best thing to do is don’t believe all that crap!

[Deanna]

I agree, I had seen a message from one of the tax preparer companies that the IRS will not update WMR until 1/31 & it seems like that is going to be the truth. I’m not sure why they would accept returns & not complete the process until 11 days after but it’s never the same. Wednesday I called the transcript 800 number & I was able to order 2014 transcripts which typically means a DDD within 2 days. Now the transcript line is down & the online system doesn’t work.

[Anonymous]

Hi I am from Nc I tried to start a forum for NC but it wouldnt let me trust me I feel your pain I was on this site an few years ago they show NCarolinians no love ,but I filed on the 16th I got accepted on the 20th im still in the first bar I hope i changes early next week

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry I don’t buy that story every year people put out rumors about the IRS they know someone who works there and they said this etc
we all have to be patient and see for ourselves example if someone comes to us and say I know someone whom works for mcdonald’s and
they said next week they giving out free big macs and then that next week you pull up to the drive and they say its not acurate we all need to just be patient and see for
ourself

[B F]

Tom maybe it was the 31st last year but who cares? One day off makes no difference. It has not been 5 days since the IRS opened officially for tax returns and nobody has seen any progress. To me that says it all. Unfortunately I have to assume that no progress will be made until February, and that the first refunds won’t be issued until the 6th – Just like last year. Unfortunately last year they had the decency to open for returns later, which made the wait for some people shorter. Now we’re all stuck.

[Author]

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