# Wow - I Got My IRS Refund Already! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130 "2013-02-02T17:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/21 "2013-02-05T18:26:30Z")
Hoping to have mine by the end of the week - fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/22 "2013-02-05T18:38:18Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > You can file Maryland for free as well. I have for the last few years. The only problem is that it is a bit hard to do. You’d think the Sate of Maryland would have the ability to fill out the same form but they ask the questions a bit different. Here’s the link to the [Maryland iFile page](https://interactive.marylandtaxes.com/Individuals/iFile_ChooseForm/default.asp). Yeah, their online form is a bit confusing, but hey, it’s free. For everyone else, here are links on [this IRS page](http://www.irs.gov/uac/States-Participating-in-the-Federal-State-e-File-Program#) for 38 states. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/23 "2013-02-05T18:57:54Z")
I got my federal refund already but I was putting off state because I thought I’d have to mail forms. Thanks for the info about the free IL online filing through the state’s website! yay! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/24 "2013-02-05T21:30:10Z")
Well, I finally got most of the tax paperwork in the mail so I could do a preliminary return. Looks like I’m going to owe money. Lots of money. Thousands of dollars. Bah. I don’t think I’ll be in a hurry to file this year. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/25 "2013-02-06T20:35:32Z")
Color me envious!! I had a pretty good draft of mine (I use software, but the offline version) based on my numbers from Quicken, and estimates of prior years’ figures, but just got the last critical 1099 Monday. Last night, I verified all our numbers, corrected one thing, and was all set to have my husband review so we could submit. Then I got an email… saying “we’ll be sending you a new 1099 in a couple of weeks”. AARRRGGGHHHHH!!! Our refund is a considerable one, an artifact of how damn difficult it is to come up with the right withholding (and this is WITH using the IRS’s estimator). And I’d like to use it to pay down some bills, dammit. I’m tempted to submit anyway. From what I know of the 1099-to-be, the amount involved is less than 2 dollars… and doesn’t affect our net income anyway. But amending is a pain. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/26 "2013-02-06T21:21:48Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > … > For everyone else, here are links on [this IRS page](http://www.irs.gov/uac/States-Participating-in-the-Federal-State-e-File-Program#) for 38 states. Thanks!! I’ll have to check this one out. Right now we can’t efile our state return (ignoring that 1099 issue) because there’s a bug in how TurboTax handles long term care insurance deductibility at the state level. I’ve reported that issue (and egad what a pain it is to report a bug to Intuit!!) but the workaround for now is to manually override / correct the figures. Which means no efiling, and it means we don’t have any “calculations are correct” guarantees. Maybe it’ll get fixed before long… but I’m not counting on it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/27 "2013-02-06T21:50:37Z")
For the first time EVER I got a $1000 plus refund, instead of nearly breaking even or having to owe slightly. I know it’s been my money all along and I was just loaning it to the government, but it is kind of cool to get a refund finally. I always told myself that nearly breaking even in the past was really for the best, but I’ll take the refund with a smile 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/28 "2013-02-06T22:39:39Z")
I am in no hurry - I will wait until April 15 before paying whatever extra I will owe. Plus I haven’t got all the 1099s and K-1s yet. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/29 "2013-02-07T19:08:16Z")
Got my refund today!!! ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/30 "2013-02-07T19:43:58Z")
Got mine today too! Still waiting for the one from Maryland, but they usually are a bit slowrr ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/31 "2013-02-07T20:36:46Z")
Got my federal refund direct deposited today. Woo-hoo. What should I do with my $28 windfall? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/32 "2013-02-08T03:26:31Z")
Don’t spend it all in one place. 😉 Does anyone know if the IRS has come out with a firmer date than “mid-February” for processing education credits? ---
**Author:** ![EverwonderWhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EverwonderWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EverwonderWhy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/33 "2013-02-09T17:09:47Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Don’t spend it all in one place. 😉 > > Does anyone know if the IRS has come out with a firmer date than “mid-February” for processing education credits? I just got an email from Turbo Tax informing me that my return (with education credits) will be sent to the Feds for processing on February 14. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/34 "2013-02-09T17:26:31Z")
> [@EverwonderWhy](#): > > I just got an email from Turbo Tax informing me that my return (with education credits) will be sent to the Feds for processing on February 14. I haven’t gotten that e-mail yet. I can check TurboTax to see what’s going on with it. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/35 "2013-02-10T03:30:30Z")
Dear \*\*DMark \*\*. Your posting encouraged me to get off my butt and file my own taxes. My refund will be deposited next Wednesday. Wednesday? But if it’s already approved (IRS) why couldn’t you deposit it today? Bob ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/36 "2013-02-10T05:36:56Z")
Hooray! Your thread prompted me to look, and mine is there too! I filed 2/1 and it was credited 2/8. No state return for me. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/37 "2013-02-10T19:40:05Z")
Holy crap! My MA refund is already in my account! I just got the email that it was accepted on Friday afternoon and there’s been a weekend and a snowstorm since then so I wasn’t expecting to see it any time soon! My CT refund hasn’t even been accepted yet. My federal return has been accepted but wont be processed until next week, according to the updated email I got from Turbotax (I have education credits). Even this is impressive because originally I had been told that it wouldn’t be processed until the 15th of March at the earliest. My fiancee already received his federal return. He’s still waiting for RI. He owes to MA though. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/38 "2013-02-11T19:22:57Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > My fiancee already received his federal return. Why would he get his return back? 🙂 Not picking on you, but this is kind of a peeve of mine. The **return** is what you file to get the **refund**. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/39 "2013-02-11T19:56:50Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Why would he get his return back? 🙂 > > Not picking on you, but this is kind of a peeve of mine. The **return** is what you file to get the **refund**. It’s actually a minor peeve of mine but for some reason the last few days my brain has been using the two words interchangeably. It’s very frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130/40 "2013-02-12T02:22:42Z")
Hey Illinois filers - I just did a check on where my refund is, and there’s a notice that the State had a late start on the returns due to late software changes, yadda yadda. They aren’t giving estimates on refunds right now and the returns are being done in first-received order. Sounds like the sooner you can file, the better! Grr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-got-my-irs-refund-already/649130.md?page=3)