What if my federal refund isn't
enough to cover my TurboTax fees?
To use the pay-with-your-refund option (aka Refund Processing), your IRS refund amount must be sufficient
to cover your prep fees, fees for any additional products and services,
and applicable sales tax.
When you get ready to file, we won't offer
pay-with-your-refund if your IRS refund isn't enough to cover your total
bill. In that case, you'll need to pay with a credit, debit, or pre-paid card.
What happens if the IRS reduces my refund to
the point where it no longer covers my TurboTax fees?
If you get hit with a refund offset, what's left over might not be enough to
cover your fees. Here's what happens next:
1. We'll send an email with instructions
on how to pay your TurboTax fees (minus the Refund Processing fee, if any)
by a certain date.
2. If the fees
remain unpaid by the specified date, we'll send two more followup emails asking
that you either pay or request a deferment to prevent the fees from being
automatically debited from your bank account.
3. Finally, if you
still haven't paid by the requested date, we’ll send a final email letting
you know that we're debiting the fees (minus the Refund Processing fee, if any)
and that the auto-debit process cannot be stopped.
The same sequence of events occurs if the IRS is still holding
your refund 36 days after your original estimated refund date, except that
we'll also debit the Refund Processing fee (if any) in Step 3.
How do you justify debiting my account?
The provision is spelled out in the Refund Processing Agreement,
which you agreed to when you opted to pay with your refund.
In addition, by clicking the "I Agree" button below,
you electronically sign and authorize Intuit (through its third party processor)
to debit the TurboTax Fees, Additional Products and Services Purchased and any
applicable sales tax from your bank account number identified in the Agreement
below, in the event that you do not receive a tax refund that is sufficient to
pay for them.
Related Information:
·
How do I review
my fees in TurboTax Online?
·
What can I do
to reduce my fees?
·
What forms of
payment does TurboTax Online accept?
