Tax Return
Tax Return
Tax Return
This Agreement contains important terms, conditions and disclosures about the processing of your refund by Santa Barbara Bank & Trust,
a division of Pacific Capital Bank, N.A. (’SBBT’). Read this Agreement carefully before accepting its terms and conditions, and print a copy
and/or retain this information electronically for future reference.
1. Use Of Pronouns. As used in this Agreement, the words ’you’ and ’your’ refer to the applicant or both the applicant and joint applicant if
the 2007 federal income tax return is a joint return (individually and collectively, ’Applicant’). The words ’we,’ ’us’ and ’our’ refer to SBBT.
2. Authorization to Release Personal Information. You authorize the Internal Revenue Service (’IRS’) to disclose any information to SBBT
related to the funding of your 2007 tax refund. You also authorize Intuit, as the transmitter of your electronically filed tax return, to disclose
your tax return and contact information to SBBT for use in connection with the refund processing services being provided pursuant to this
Agreement. Neither Intuit nor SBBT will disclose or use your tax return information for any other purpose, except as permitted by law. SBBT
will not use your tax information or contact information for any marketing purpose. To view the SBBT Privacy Policy applicable to this
Agreement, see Section 12 below.
3. No Requirement To Have SBBT Process Your Refund In Order To File Electronically. You understand that SBBT charges a refund
processing fee to deduct Intuit’s fees from your refund. You further understand that your tax year 2007 federal income tax return can be
filed electronically, and your IRS refund direct deposited, without using SBBT’s refund processing service by, instead, paying the applicable
TurboTax filing fees to Intuit by credit or debit card at the time you file your 2007 federal income tax return.
4. Summary of Terms
Expected Federal Refund $ 98.00
Less SBBT Refund Processing Fee $ 29.95
Less Electronic Filing Transmission Fee and/or Service Fee for web users $ 25.95
Less Additional Products and Services Purchased $
Expected Proceeds (1) $ 42.10
(1) This is only an estimate. The amount will be reduced by any applicable sales taxes.
5. Temporary Deposit Account Authorization. You hereby authorize SBBT to establish a temporary deposit account (’Deposit Account’) for the
purpose of receiving your tax year 2007 federal income tax refund from the IRS. SBBT must receive an acknowledgement from the IRS that
your return has been electronically filed and accepted for processing before the Deposit Account can be opened. You authorize SBBT to deduct
from your Deposit Account the following amounts: (i) the SBBT refund processing fee; (ii) the fees and charges related to the preparation,
processing and transmission of your tax return; and, (iii) amounts to pay for additional products and services purchased plus applicable taxes.
You authorize SBBT to disburse the balance of the Deposit Account to you after making all authorized deductions or payments.
6. Acknowledgements. (a) You understand that: (i) SBBT cannot guarantee the amount of your tax year 2007 federal income tax refund or
the date it will be issued, and (ii) SBBT is not affiliated with the transmitter of the tax return (Intuit) and does not warrant the accuracy of the
software used to prepare the tax return. (b) You agree that Intuit is not acting as your agent and is not under any fiduciary duty with respect to
the processing of your refund by SBBT.
7. Truth in Savings Disclosure. The Deposit Account is being opened for the purpose of receiving your (both spouses if this is a jointly filed
return) tax year 2007 federal tax refund. There is no cost to you for opening the Deposit Account. No other deposits may be made to the
Deposit Account. No withdrawals will be allowed from the Deposit Account until all fees, charges, disbursements and payments authorized by
this Agreement have been paid. No interest is payable on the deposit; thus, the annual percentage yield and interest rate are 0%. The Deposit
Account will be closed after all authorized deductions have been made and any remaining balance has been disbursed to you. Questions or
concerns about the Deposit Account should be directed to: SANTA BARBARA BANK & TRUST, attn: Refund Processing Department, P.O. Box
1030, Solana Beach, CA 92075, or to SBBT via the Internet at http://cisc.sbbtral.com.
8. Direct Deposit Information. The balance of your refund will be disbursed to you electronically by ACH Direct Deposit to your personal bank
account designated below. If a joint return is filed, the bank account may be a joint account or the individual account of either spouse.
Note: To insure that there are no delays in receiving your refund, please contact your financial institution to confirm that you are using the
correct RTN (routing) and account number. If you or your representative enter your personal bank account information incorrectly and your
deposit is returned to SBBT, the Account balance will be disbursed to you via an SBBT cashier’s check mailed to the address on your tax
return. If the direct deposit is not returned to SBBT, you will be responsible for the loss.
10. Compensation. In addition to any fees paid directly by you to Intuit, SBBT will pay a portion of SBBT’s refund processing fee to Intuit in
consideration of and pursuant to their agreement relating to Intuit’s provision of various programming, testing, data processing, transmission,
systems maintenance, status reporting and other software, technical and communications service.
11. Governing Law. The enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall be governed by the
laws of the State of California applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely in the State of California by residents of the State
of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws, and, to the extent applicable, by the laws of the United States of America, including the
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Privacy Policy. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, federal law requires all financial institutions to
obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. SBBT will obtain information from and about you in
connection with the opening of the Deposit Account.
Federal law requires SBBT to provide you with this statement. In this Privacy Policy, ’Confidential Information’ means non-public personally
identifiable information about you. This notice applies only to individuals who are using, or have used in the past, SBBT’s refund processing
services. SBBT may change (add to, delete or amend) the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time, giving you such notice as may then be
required by law.
Confidential Information SBBT collects. We collect Confidential Information from you, Intuit and the IRS in connection with your refund
processing in order to identify you, set up your temporary Deposit Account, and process your refund. This may include information such as
your name, address, date of birth, social security number and personal bank account information. SBBT also collects information from the
IRS concerning your refund deposit.
Information SBBT shares and with whom. We may disclose your Confidential Information to nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law.
However, we will not use or disclose your Confidential Information that we receive from Intuit or the IRS for marketing purposes. We also
may disclose Confidential Information with your consent.
Security procedures SBBT uses to protect your Confidential Information. Inside SBBT, your information is accessible only to employees
who need the information in order to process your product request or answer your questions. SBBT has a formal Code of Ethics and train
its employees on their responsibility to maintain the privacy of your Confidential Information. SBBT also maintains physical, electronic and
procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your Confidential Information.
Questions? If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please call 800-717-7228.
YOUR AGREEMENT
By selecting the ’I agree’ button in TurboTax: (i) You authorize SBBT to receive your 2007 federal tax refund from the IRS and to make the
deductions from your refund described in the Agreement, (ii) You agree to receive all Communications electronically in accordance with the
’Consent to Conduct Business Electronically’ section of the License Agreement for Tax Year 2007 TurboTax(R) Software and Services, as the
term ’Communications’ is defined therein, (iii) You consent to the release of your 2007 refund deposit information and application information
as described in Section 2 of this Agreement, and (iv) You acknowledge that you have reviewed, and agree to be bound by, the Agreement’s
terms and conditions. You understand that, if you change your tax year 2007 federal tax return information in a way that affects the amount of
your refund, you must review and accept the Agreement again. If this is a joint return, selecting ’I agree’ indicates that both spouses agree to
be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement.