[Sheri]

So I just checked the refund page for mi and they added this year to the list but it still ask you to wait 14 days but them adding this year to the list is still progress.

[dee]

lavanidosa26 Did you already get a DD date? my state got authorized on Saturday (1/23) I hope i get it this week!

[REBELROSE]

Last year mine got accepted on January 19,2015, when they started taking them and I had my refund in my bank account on January 30,2015. Did same way this year and I went through an individual to do my taxes and she told me within 5-7 days I should get my refund but I am still on 1st bar on the WWR site…….Hoping for refund soon!!!!!!

[Bill]

Anyone having luck ordering tax transcripts? Post here when you are able to order them. No luck here yet!

[Anonymous]

I have Republic Bank & have a direct deposit for tomorrow.

[dkhaley97]

My VA state was just accepted few minutes ago.

[body elecric]

Check 3 times a day, both on WMR app and irs. gov

only one bar (accepted)

Filed Turbo tax on 1/12
IRS accepted on 1/19

Nothing changed as of 4:40pm pacific time
Washington state

[deeincoloradod]

I’ve had a SERVE card for about three years as well. Aside from the atm limit (it’s 750/day now), I’ve had no trouble getting deposits, making withdrawals or purchases. I have half my paycheck deposited regularly. I read some bad reviews recently….but I haven’t had any of the issues I saw posted.

[SH]

Last year I put part of my refund on the bluebird card and the other part in my bank. The part that came on my BB card showed up two or three days before the part in my bank which was a nice surprise. I had no issues using it. I hardly use the card to be honest. The reviews for the BB/Serve card are not great but It serves its purpose.

[DebbieT]

My return was done using TT online and was transmitted January 19, 2016, 1:36 PM PST. It was accepted January 19, 2016, 2:34 PM PST. Still not approved as of today at 4:30 PM PST. For some reason, my return has taken almost the full 21 days for the last few years even though I am a retiree with the exact same 1099-R and standard deductions, as well as the same bank account direct deposit. Nothing has changed during all 12 years of retirement. I hope this year things change back to how they were a few years ago when I would get my return 7-9 days after filing. This is a great forum to find out what’s going on with others who file the same time I do. Good luck to us all!

[Barb]

I was told at 4 pm today MD delayed accepting state taxes until today. I filed on the 18th and was told they couldn’t send my state via e-file bc they weren’t accepting until the 19th, like federal. I called to check today bc I’ve gotten updated on my federal, texts and via website, but nothing on state. I just received a text at 6 pm stating my MD was accepted.

[NYTaxGuy]

Was approved about 25 minutes ago too.. filed 01/22. Anyone know how long after accepting til deposit?

[Anonymous]

If you filed with Jackson Hewitt your bank will be republic Bank and trust

[lstewa2]

Filed 1/17 and was accepted 1/19. I have 1 bar on wmr and sbbt states I should receive by 2/9. I hope it’s earlier than that.

[April]

Nope only 2nd bar here also……

[Anonymous]

@Addy, does it say the last update was January 23, 2016 at 6:03 am?

[Nichole]

Mine has always come a couple weeks after federal. I generally get my federal in the beginning of February and state mid February.

[Nichole]

My NYS was accepted early last week, but it has not been approved yet. When I check it says they have received it but have no further information at the time (or something along the lines of that). I don’t believe I have ever gotten NYS before Federal.

[Julian A]

I agree! The irs website will most likely not even update until a day or two after we get our money.

[Amanda]

Mine was just accepted 25 minutes ago.

[Anonymous]

kalassy,

Many thanks for the information and for your kindness!

All the best for a quick refund.

Jen

[Craig]

My state was refund was in my bank today, two days earlier than what the intial date was (1/27).

[NYTaxGuy]

Ok, filed on 01/22, was accepted today 01/25. I did my filing myself with turbo tax. Im just wondering, whats the average wait in NY from accepted date to deposit ? Thanks!

[sean]

@tinabear – I ordered it on 1.19, got it on 1.23.. pretty quick.

Hoping for an update tomorrow/Wed

[Andre Black]

I was accepted as well on Friday. Still no approval. My NYS refund usually comes a few weeks after Federal. We’ll see what happens this year…

[MP]

Accepted on the 14th. Still says unable to retrieve info….etc. Rep says it takes up to 10 business days. How often do they update?

[Pagelsm]

Still waiting on state to be approved.
Hoping to get a quick return this year. The past few years before last I’ve had slow returns over the past few years

[lstewa2]

I’ve an AMEX serve card for about 3 years now. can tell you this. You are only allowed to with drawl $700 a day from the atm if you have the blue card, and you may only make purchases that total $2000 a day. Anything over $2000 swiping you card will be rejected. I learned this last year when I with drew $500 then I tried to take another $500 and the atm said to contact my financial provider. I called the amex serve customer service number and that’s when she gave me the run down. Every since then I haven’t had any problems because I know my limit at the atm and the purchase limit a day. I hope this helps

[Brit]

Has anyone’s nys refund been approved? I filed early this year, just got accepted a day or two ago, & just curious.

[Christy]

Accepted 1/16… I Have never had any luck with the ky dor wheres my refund site it has never pulled up my info not in years

[Jcable2]

I have an AE Bluebird card. I use it for my refund and other big deposits. They had a $10,000 monthly spending limit which is now been increased to 15,000. Have never had any issues with my card locking.

[kalassy]

Jen,

SBBT stands for Santa Barbara Bank and Trust. it is the bank used by the majority of big tax preparers. If you had filing fees and chose to use your refund to pay for those filing fees, SBBT handles the transaction to collect those fees for the preparer. So, you efiled, XXX company charged you maybe $XXX and you chose to have that fee come out of your refund instead of paying that fee upfront. Your refund will come from the IRS to SBBT first, they will collect what you owe in fees, and then SBBT will send the remaining balance to your bank account or prepaid card.

IRS officially doesn’t have refund cycle charts anymore. The charts circulating are basically an early collective educated guess on when the refund dates might be. The rumors about refunds on 1/29 is based off what we saw last year.

Keep in mind that with the IRS, anything is possible. You may get a happy surprise and have money in your account before WMR even updates, OR you could be left in WMR limbo and waiting waaaay longer than anticipated. Generally speaking, don’t get caught up in rumors and be disappointed. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Hope this helped.

[tinabear]

Well that’s good news! I got a lil antsy when I couldn’t see any info and went ahead and registered myself. Then it seems as if as soon as I completed that the system recognized me and I was able to see my status on FTB. Took about two days though and it’s usually instant like WMR… How long did it take to get the pin?

[luscious]

I am in fact not relying on the wmr website anymore this season. … I will check my account for updates. Last year I received the second and third bar AFTER I spent all of my refund lmao

[Anonymous]

Every time I log in to ftb California web site it tells me my numbers don’t match and tells me to call. When I call they tell me it said that it’s because they haven’t processed it yet. I filled and was accepted on the 8th. Ugh

[Anonymous]

@Kari Go read my thread about Digging through last year’s forums.

[Kari]

So I filed 1/12 got accepted 1/13… Still no update and all these different stories I’m reading about is just straight up confusing me lol can anyone tell me what’s really going on. When do they expect to start delivering refunds

[Anonymous]

How funny Dj! LOL I was wondering if anyone would recognize their names.
I really hope things work out the same as they did last year too. So I think tomorrow we should see something. If not tomorrow, Wednesday!

Here’s to wishful thinking…

[Addy]

Andrew, mine said the same just a bit ago. I’m hoping that means it’s a glitch. :-/

[Rose]

Anything past the second bar??

[Aimee]

I also got put under manual review, and it’s my 3rd year filing, with the same employer, and NO changes. I think it’s just totally random :(

[Shakia]

Mine now says it has been processed but has not been deposited. Last week it wouldn’t come up when I put in my info.

[Anonymous]

I first went to a weekly account in 2010 for filing bankruptcy. I have been discharged from that, however in 2011, I owed the IRS. That debt was satisfied as of 2012. Is their a possibility that I can go back to being a daily account?

[Kyle]

Filed around 830 pm on 1/18 accepted 1/21 sometime in the afternoon and I received a email as well as a text message didn’t pay fees up front but every other year as well my stuff is usually accepted within hours AT MOST……TODAY IS JANUARY 25 STILL FIRST BAR AS WELL…..HATEEEEEEE THE WAITTTTTTT!!!!

[Anonymous]

FloridaJen

My first post so I hope to use the proper format:

Filed 1/19/16 early morning via tax preparer
Accepted 1/19/16 within the hour

WMR shows one bar and Tax Topic 152

Based on the IRS website’s refund schedule chart, I am hoping to receive my DD to my bank on 2/5/16.

My question is this: I frequently see posts about ‘checking with SBBT to see if they show a deposit pending’. Can anyone please educate me about what this means?

Also, I’ve seen many posts from those of us accepted on 1/19/16 that seem to indicate – perhaps too hopefully – that some are expecting to see DD’s on 1/29/16. What is your opinion about a DD of 1/29 for those of us accepted on the 19th.

Many thanks! Posting from Miami Beach.

[MCRT]

BOTH Me and My Fiancee filed with TurboTax
I filed 1/19 at 1PM / My Fiancee filed 1/19 at 4PM
I was Accepted 1/19 at 1:44PM / She was Accepted 1/19 at 5:12PM
Both State returns were also Accepted shortly after
Still 1 bar on WMR for both
Both SBBT says expected 2/9

However, last year SBBT said something like that as well (about 20 days out from when we filed) and we got ours on the 30th last year. SO, with past history being taken into account, I am expecting everybody that file 1/19 before the close of business or earlier to be getting refunds around the 30th. Last year my WMR updated on the Weds (1/28) before my DDD (1/30). So we should see DDD’s 6AM Weds morning I think..

[Dj]

Hey that was my post lol!! I’m super glad you found that as I have been stressing out! Hopefully we will see some movement this week!!

[Latoya]

The same here guys my husband owe the US dept of justice and I owe state unemployment plus my husband is totally disabled now we are also a low income family with only his ssi for income. So looks like we won’t be getting anything either

[Anonymous]

Has anyone on here had any experiences regarding AMEX Serve Prepaid Cards? I am going to be recieving my refund onto one that was mailed to me but after reading terrible reviews about the card I am nervous.

People have had issues with the card locking on them due to large purchase amounts and I wondered if anyone had this issue with the card? I’m not planning on pulling my full refund off. I was planning on putting half in my checking account and then leaving the other half on the serve card and keeping the serve card for online purchases and things like that.

But I wanted to hear of anyone else’s experiences with it, good or bad?

[Motherof5]

My state deposited 5 minutes ago! Still waiting for freaking federal there is light at the end of the tunnel this means Federals will be very soon guys!! #igmsr sorry guys I put k instead of the handle I’ve been using but yea. yay progress is a slow process

[Cynthia]

So I too called SBBT… nothing pending for me, and as far she knows no one has anything pending from IRS but she said that the site is in real time so as soon as there is activity you will see it online when you check your account…. Fingers crossed we see something this week, my 21 day mark is 2/1/16…

[K]

My state deposited 5 minutes ago! Still waiting for freaking federal there is light at the end of the tunnel this means Federals will be very soon guys!! #igmsr

[Jennifer]

Anyone else wishful thinking like I am and am hoping for a update tonight??? Us early filers are supposed to have ours on the 29th is what the internet is saying!!!! I hope this is true. Let’s pray we see an update tonight. I went through Jackson Hewitt I did my taxes Jan 4 and accepted Jan 11 so we should see an update soon

[lil bit]

when i go to it it says my account is invalid

[patiently waiting in atl]

@Amanda I am with the same bank in Atlanta and I was told the same thing but with pending for 1/29 but no movement on wmr so I am not going to give my hopes up I am going to do as my name says Patiently wait lol

[Anonymous]

Called my bank as well, and they have nothing pending for my account.

[Desiree]

Yes tt uses Santa Barbara tpg. I called my bank they said nothing is pending yet. :(

[dkhaley97]

Filed and accepted today to as well.
VA state still saying sent at Taxslayer but state website says it has not been processed yet.

[Tasha]

Sorry I hate auto correct it’s supposed to say netspend

[TK]

I am under manual review too, for whatever reason, never have been before. Oregon was accepted on 1-13-16. Seems as though alot of people are under “manual review”.

[kristi]

My return was accepted on HRB website but nothing is showing on the irs end.

[TK]

I submitted my federal and state taxes on 1-9-16 and Federal was accepted 1-11-16 and Oregon State accepted on 1-13-16. My Oregon taxes are under review or being manually reviewed, but I guess that others are too. Fingers crossed!!! Please keep updating.

[lil bit]

does tt use santa barbara bank cause i checked and it said my info was invalid

[Banker]

@amanda the bank can tell what’s pending on your account…if it’s a deposit or money withdrawn..

[gtjibbb]

UPDATE….I did some searching on TT help forum and alot of people were having same problem. Ohio refund still pending. So I and alot of other people have refiled through OHIO.GOV and as of this morning they have been received by Ohio. But the ones that were filed first on TT are still pending, even now. So they said they have the one I filed at Ohio.gov and if TT does submit one it will just be rejected.

[Janessa]

@Amanda is the pending deposit your federal refund?

[JustJoynNC]

Filed 1/25 w TT
Fed accepted by TT and IRS within hour
I’m hoping for at least a DDD 2/5
Fingerscrossed fellow citizens

[Nichole]

I’m sorry, I meant to say it was received on either 1/19 or 1/20…

[MCRT]

So, I called the Offset line and it says that they “MAY” Offset but it doesn’t give me an amount or anything, just a number for the State of Oregon: Support Enforcement Division and to call them to see if it will be (I cannot get a straight answer from anybody). Basically, last year I had court with my ex for our official divorce (we had been separated 2 years prior), where the judge ordered me to pay half of the child care for the last few months (no actual child support for basic needs because we split 50/50) that she had been paying and half of it from here on out and so it went retroactive and I owed money. Well, I have been paying on it out of every check, and I still owe $300 bucks. I am assuming this is what the Offset line is talking about since I only have 1 child and 1 case with support enforcement for the amount owed from those months..

So I am kind of in a bind wondering if they are actually going to or not???
When I call the offset line it says it “MAY” be offset, but EVERYWHERE I have looked online says that the requirements for Federal Offset are that:

A.) She is on TANF and I owe the State for Child Support (which she is not) or;
B.) I owe her personally more than $500 in past due support (which I don’t)

So to me it would seem that it doesn’t meet the requirements for Federal Refund Offset??
It would be nice to know, so I know what to expect and how much I am getting.. 300 bucks is 300 bucks. Especially, when I feel I shouldn’t be paying it since in mediation she agreed to pay the full amount each month because I had him 5 days a week and had been paying ALL of his expenses in full the 2 years prior to this.. But 6 mos. later in court she went back on it and played helpless, so now I am here.. SO, my fingers are crossed and I am hoping that it doesn’t Offset..

Does anybody know anything about this situation? Does everything that the Offset Line says “MAY” Offset get FOR SURE, 100% Offset? Thanks.

[amchelem]

@LadyLeo thats what I was thinking as well. I hope so. Even if I didn’t need the money, which I do haha, it still makes me nervous when things like this take too long because I get to thinking something went wrong or I did something the wrong way lol.

[DDD@WMR]

ALSo…you can write this statement down….”I see myself receiving over $________ IMMEDIATELY, in order to ______________.” Fill in the blanks and underline the word IMMEDIATELY. Use lots of feelings and this should work. If we all do this it is even more powerful. Come on all…..lets use the power pf human emotions and the law of attraction to get our money fast!!
https://youtu.be/89T-j3nSsdI?list=PLdrTLyFMUqzRDrlVSg65iOJXzqgaWNdnf

[Nichole]

I filed on 1/14 and it was received on either 2/19 or 2/20. I live in upstate New York. When I track it, it just says it was received and no further information is available. I don’t think I have ever gotten my State before Federal but I am wondering if anybody has any more info on when they will start approving them?

[Amanda]

Only 1 bar on WMR, Santa Barbara’s site says not received and expected 2/2, but my bank (PNC) told me over the phone that a deposit is pending for Thursday 1/28. I don’t know what to think…

[Desiree]

I filed 1/11/16, was accepted 1/13/16, and the money was in my bank on 1/20/16. Indiana’s DOR site had my DDD listed as the day I got it (1/20/16) by the 15th.

[DDD@WMR]

Ok, research Carole Dore and the law of attraction if you don’t believe this will work. Pick up some currency, a dollar, a five, whatever, as long as it is cash money. Hold it to your nose and inhale….yes, smell the money! Then say “I am at one with a tremendous amount of money!” I am serious…. Somehow your subconscious gets the smell of the money immediately, and money will be drawn like a magnet to you. Hey, it takes 5 seconds and it can’t hurt right? I believe in the universal laws, ie, law of gravity, law of attraction, etc… so if you want your bars to update or your money ASAP, this can only help, but ya gotta believe!!!!

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