A lot of people on here are just talking out of their ear. I too received the aforementioned email and spoke with a turbo tax supervisor on two separate occasions. This is the first year that TT has offered the 5 day early refund. The way it works, and I confirmed this with the IRS as well, is that they are notifying TurboTax as soon as they acknowledge the refund is done right and intends to be approved, that way TT can disperse the refund 5 days early. The email that everyone has received is valid. My understanding is that once you receive that email, TT has dispersed your refund to their partnering bank to take out fees (if you didn’t pay them up front) and then to you. I got this email two days ago and then received my refund today. When I first called, they said everyone should expect to see their refund within 72 hour of that email, which many people have. Those are the facts this year.
