@ davis4743 wrote:
I filed my 2019 taxes with turbo tax and selected the option to pay turbo tax via my refund. But I never got my refund. I have been talking with IRS since June. They finally got me info and said they paid Turbo tax who was supposed to pay me. I can not get through to Turbo tax. I have wasted many hours trying to navigate there phone system witch is designed to get you off the phone and be no help. Anybody have a real email address or phone number I can call.
I assume you must be the same person as the threadowner, but the profile name is different. You pasted the same info originally asked by the threadowner back in February.
You said you had been talking to the IRS since June, but didn't say "when" the IRS released your money--whether it was a long time ago or more recently. There was a long processing delay for many 2019 returns last year.
If you chose to pay your TurboTax fees out of your Federal refund, the funds would have gone from the IRS to an intermediary company called SBTPG (Tax Products Group). That is the company that administers that payment option, collects the fees, etc.
The IRS sends the funds to SBTPG's bank where the fees are subtracted, then that intermediary bank would normally send the rest to your bank (or card) in a second direct deposit. If that deposit from SBTPG's bank to your bank failed, it should have gone back to SBTPG's bank, who would then issue you a check in the mail.
Normally people can look up their refund info at the SBTPG website, but at this point in time I believe the refund lookup tool there is only for 2020 returns. I don't think it would find anything on your 2019 refund, but it might not hurt to try.
For assistance with prior-year issues, there is a link at the SBTPG website to submit a request form, and then someone from SBTPG is supposed to get back in touch with the user.
It's at the top of this refund lookup page:
https://taxpayer.sbtpg.com/login
NOTE: I believe the lookup tool you'll see there is only for 2020 returns.
I don't know how secure that messaging form is or how they will want to communicate with you in response. However, I know regular email is not a secure method of sending sensitive personal information. I personally wouldn't send anything sensitive until they explain the security of any communication, and how you are supposed to submit it to them securely.
So if it were me, I'd probably try to phone SBTPG first and see if I could reach a live agent. SBTPG has a phone contact page at the following link. See the business hours I provided below.
Their phone also has automated info, but I suspect it's for 2020 info.
https://help.sbtpg.com/hc/en-us/articles/230084587-Contact-Information
Hours for SBTPG's customer support:
Mon-Fri: 7am - 5pm Pacific
Sat: 7am - Noon Pacific
