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By teaming with more than 50 favorite retailers, the TurboTax Refund Bonus program adds bonus dollars on top of customers' federal tax refunds that they can use at popular merchants, including Lowe's, Starbucks Coffee, Blockbuster, Borders Books & Music, AMC Theatres, and Expedia.com. The bonus dollars are included on gift cards delivered directly to the customer's home.

With TurboTax Refund Bonus, customers can use $90 of their refund to get a Starbucks Card loaded with $100 for an extra week of morning lattes. Or $100 from their refund gets taxpayers $200 to use with floral delivery giant FTD.com, doubling the amount of roses they can give special people in their lives this Valentine's Day. And a $200 trip to JCPenney for kids' clothing means an extra $20 for an additional pair of shoes.

Since there is no minimum to participate in the program, customers can use as much or as little as they want and have the balance of their refund deposited directly into their bank account¹. Customers can use the cards when they want or give them as gifts - there's no expiration date. Customers may receive no more than 80 gift cards, or a maximum of $10,000.

"Every year, TurboTax is part of a much anticipated event, a 'magic moment', when a customer learns they're going to get a tax refund," said Brad Henske, general manager of Intuit's consumer tax group. "With TurboTax Refund Bonus, we're offering a unique premium - even more value on top of the customer's refund - that's available nowhere else."

• With $425 from a federal refund, a customer receives $500 in gift cards to use at Linens n' Things with the TurboTax Refund Bonus program. With the $75 in bonus dollars, home decorators can buy a cozy chenille throw blanket and a scented candle.
  
  
• $360 from a refund gets $40 in additional bonus dollars for a total of $400 on an American Express Shopping Card, giving customers more to spend for a shopping spree at The Gap, Express, Banana Republic or Eddie Bauer.
  
  
• A family of four could easily spend $100 on typical Friday night out. With $270 from their federal refund, a family of four can get an additional $30 in bonus dollars for movie tickets at AMC Theatres plus dinner at Applebee's, Olive Garden, or Red Lobster
  
  
• For just $51 from a refund, a customer can get an additional $9 in bonus dollars - that's two extra movies from Blockbuster.
  
  
• For only $540, a customer receives $600 in gift cards to use at Lowe's. The $60 in bonus dollars from TurboTax can be spent on some paint, or even a new ceiling fan.
  
  

Using the TurboTax Refund Bonus Program is easy. To learn how the program works, or to try the TurboTax Refund Bonus Estimator, a simple online tool that helps determine how many bonus dollars customers could receive, go to www.turbotax.com/refund_bonus.

The TurboTax Refund Bonus program is subject to applicable fees. Electronic filing is required. The program is available in all TurboTax personal tax software products sold through most retailers and in all TurboTax Online products. For more information on the program, including merchant cards terms and conditions, please visit www.turbotax.com.

TurboTax Premier for 2005 earned PC Magazine's coveted Editors' Choice award and was top rated by CNET.com. TurboTax desktop products are available at retailers including Wal-Mart, Staples, BestBuy, OfficeDepot, Sam's Club, OfficeMax and CompUSA.