Everyone I know who did their taxes the same day as me has received there refund, but I haven't..is it because I elected to use my funds to pay my turbo tax fees

There are a number of factors to the timing of a refund.

If you are receiving a Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit, the IRS has delayed releasing your tax refund. Your tax return may be more complicated than other people.

To check the status of your return, follow these links:

Maybe I asked the question wrong because I know about the delay and the people I know who received their refunds had the same tax credits as me.

We all have the 22nd as a date to receive our refunds, yet they received theirs on the 16th...just was curious what was going on.

Your refund is not delayed by TurboTax. The IRS just has a lot of these to issue and some were released before the holiday weekend.