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hbw3867
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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

 
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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

The Federal and state refunds do not come together.  One comes from the US Treasury and the other from the State Treasurer's office.  The chance of them both hitting your bank account on the same day is small.

Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

what about by mail

Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

Then why does turbo tax charge extra to put them together? Like what’s the point and why pay extra? Also how much longer does state take then federal to deposit

BrandiLO
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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

Each state has different time-lines for processing and approving returns. Please click here  for a list of states and the website to track your state return. 

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elb46124
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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

So I am not positive why but I clicked on the button to have my state and federal at the same time not thinking clearly and my federal shows it being deposited today but it has not deposited yet and my state shows the 10th so which one will it be? 

ChondelLO
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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

Being that your tax returns are processed by two separate entities, your refunds will arrive at different times. To keep track of your state return please click the link below and select your state.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund

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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

That doesn’t answer the question as to why turbo tax  gives you the option of having bother federal and state deposited “together” and if you choose to do so, you are charged an extra fee. I was charged that extra fee and only my federal refund got deposited- what’s going on with that?

Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

@htaylo15 

 

STATE AND FEDERAL REFUNDS DO NOT ARRIVE TOGETHER

You misunderstood.  You did not pay for your federal and state refunds to arrive together.  You may have paid the "refund processing fee" to deduct your TurboTax fees from your federal refund, but that did not mean you would get federal and state refunds simultaneously.  Federal and state refunds come from two completely separate entities; it is not possible to coordinate their arrival together.

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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

Do you work for turbo tax? 

Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

No, I do not work for TurboTax.

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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

there's no misunderstanding on our end. TurboTax clearly states would you like to combine your state and federal. and they charge extra. what's the point of putting them together and being charged to put them together, if in fact they are not together and two totally separate tax collectors? it's only $40 to process the tax fees then turbo asked would like to combine your state and federal for a $40 fee which ended up being $40 each for state and federal. it's misleading. I'm just wondering why combine them? for $80? we could have had the same outcome not combining and saving $80

Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

These clients are not wrong because I too chose and paid for the option to recieve both state and federal together and guess what, only state came at this time...

Turbotax not very trustworthy on your behalf to trick hardworking americans into paying extra to recieve both together and literally says " to save you time."

So I paid y'all 150.00 bucks that I could have kept. Way to decieve a single mother during a pandemic. NOT COOL, that took from my kid's mouth. That's an electric bill....

Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

STATE AND FEDERAL REFUNDS DO NOT ARRIVE TOGETHER

You misunderstood or misinterpreted what you read.  You did not pay for your federal and state refunds to arrive together.  You may have paid the "refund processing fee" to deduct your TurboTax fees from your federal refund, but that did not mean you would get federal and state refunds simultaneously.  Federal and state refunds come from two completely separate entities; it is not possible to coordinate their arrival together.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4169486-can-i-change-my-return-if-i-already-submitted-it-and-you-r...

 

 

 

 

Your state tax due cannot be paid from your federal refund. 

It is not possible to pay your state tax due from your federal refund, nor is it possible to pay a federal tax due from a state refund.  The federal and state treasuries are completely separate from each other.  You may have seen a TurboTax summary of your federal and state amounts that confused you into thinking one was “paying” the other.  It is not. The ONLY thing you can pay for from a federal refund is your TurboTax fees if you chose that option.  

 

 If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website. 

 

https://www.irs.gov/payments/direct-pay 

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212

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Do my federal and state refunds come separate or together? I got a refund direct deposited today and I am wondering if that is both or if Ill be getting another one?

No. They are absolutely correct. Clearly you’re not understanding what they’re trying to say. I have filed with TurboTax every year and understand that the federal and state do not ever come together BUT if you yourself walked through the TurboTax prompts while filing your taxes you would see exactly what they mean. It does indeed state that you can “file your federal and state to TOGETHER for a processing fee”… making it seem that you are in fact paying so that you will get them  together. Again, I understand this is never the case but usually I file a free form… this year though I had to pay the processing fee due to a retirement contribution credit (so thankfully I had to pay regardless) but after seeing the prompt saying that with paying this fee you can get them simultaneously I was curious and hence googled if this is true which is how I came across this thread/forum. Therefore, as they said this is extremely misleading and shady on TurboTax’s part and for people that did not have to pay a processing fee for any other reason then believing they would get them together is extremely misleading and disappointing.

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