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February 16, 2023
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Credit karma close my account without any explanation. But my taxes are supposed to be deposited into that account. What do I do?

  • February 16, 2023
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I received an email saying that credit karma was closing my account. I reached back out to ask why. I was told that they can close accounts at their discretion. But my taxes supposed to be deposited into the account by the 18th. What do I do?

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February 16, 2023

There is no way to update your refund method once your tax return has been filed. If Credit Karma closed your account, they will most likely reject the deposit.  When they reject the deposit, the IRS will mail your refund check to the address on your tax return. For more information please see the below TurboTax help article. 

What if I entered the wrong bank account for direct deposit?

 

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February 12, 2024

Lawsuit time for the deception 

February 22, 2023

The same thing happened to me! I’m so upset. I applied for the advance and was approved. I’ve been using my spend account without issue since 1/24/23 and yesterday they closed my account… today my refund was supposed to be deposited. I’m a single mother struggling with a medical condition why would they do this? Just evil

February 24, 2023

You'll need to reach out to Credit Karma directly for information as to why your account was closed.  Please visit https://support.creditkarma.com for support.

 

I'm sorry this happened to you, but rest assured the IRS cannot deposit funds into a closed account.  If the IRS attempts to deposit your refund into a closed account, it will be rejected.  In this case, the IRS will mail you a refund check instead.

 

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January 24, 2024

The last reply is almost a year old but I have to tell you how wrong you are and what a horrible company Credit Karma/Intuit is. They closed my account one day before my tax refund was due to come in, well actually they only pretended to close it because they kept it open to accept my money! This is illegal by the way. Then they gaslit me trying to tell me they didn’t have my refund when the irs and turbo tax confirmed it was successfully deposited. They held on to my refund for a few weeks (gaining Interest of my money) then finally mailed a check to me. The envelope wasn’t even sealed like they wanted the check to fall out. You couldn’t pay me to ever use credit karma, turbo tax or Intuit again. I’ve been a loyal customer my spend account had $1055 when they closed it. It wasn’t negative and I had no issues with any account. They just randomly closed it, so evil. Now I can’t even use Quickbooks for my business because I absolutely refuse to give Intuit any business. 

January 26, 2024

They closed my account without any warning or explanation and now I can't contact anyone. I try the chat and it kicks me off. I had my advance in there and it's all gone, mom of 3 who needed that money! 

January 30, 2024

I’m in the same situation! Were you ever able to resolve it?

January 26, 2024

I received the refund advance and still had 1200.00 in my account. I was never notified that my account was closed, I just realized that I couldn’t see the checking account on my CK app.

 

I just called and spoke with someone and was told that all of my funds were transferred to my regular bank account. Which I’m not even sure how they got that account info? I should have my funds by 1/29 and hoping that the rest of my refund gets deposited there too.

 

I was also told that I can try to open my account back up in 15 days.

 

I really hope this helps. Good Luck 

January 30, 2024

The same thing happened to me! They closed my account THE SAME DAY I SET UP MY TAX REFUND TO BE DEPOSITED IN IT. 

credit karma says they can see the $1000 refund advance in my account but cannot re-open my account? The said they will send me a check but I don’t have a good feeling about it. I have used credit karma for my refunds for 3 years and have never had an issue. I will never use credit karma, or turbo tax for that matter again. 

February 1, 2024

Same 

February 2, 2024

Can I ask what happened in this situation? This just happened to me as well. 

February 2, 2024

After days on the phone with credit karma they claim they have mailed out a check with my $1000 advance that was deposited into the account they locked me out of. They say I should have it in 7-10 buisiness days, not sure I believe it though. 

February 28, 2025

Same thing happened to me did you ever end up getting it handled?

February 12, 2024

Same here they closed over 50,009 accounts a year early mine to they need to be sued!!!

February 10, 2025

Just wanted to also say that, after +3yrs Credit Karma closed my spend account and couldn't tell me why all the sudden. It was frozen first and no one told me why then, 2 weeks later they closed it. After they closed it no one could tell me why or who to talk too. In the middle of our online chat they disconnected me. I will NEVER trust them with my money EVER again.