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by having 'the fees deducted' from your return, you are esentially taking out a refund anticipation loan with your tax preparer... in that situation, the irs sends your refund to the tax preparer and not to you. therefore the irs does not have the necessary direct deposit info needed to perform the transaction electronically... and that equals a paper check.

consequently, i was perusing the irs website and figured out why i don't have my stimulus payment direct deposited yet... the website says that the payment schedule is only valid for those who had their taxes processed by the 15th. while my tax preparer included direct deposit information with my return, i owed money this year and put the check in the mail on the 14th. the site states that i can expect my stimulus payment to be direct deposited six weeks after my payment was processed... at least that's how i understand it. so... guess i'll be waiting a little bit longer for caesar to toss me my loaf of bread.

-M