Take government money and this is what happens. It shouldn’t be a surprise to bank officials, some of whom want to pay back TARP funds but are finding the feds aren’t excited to get it back.

Banks that are ready to repay government bailout money are finding it’s not as simple as writing a check to the Treasury.

So far, no large U.S. bank has returned funds received from the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP. Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon said he wants to repay TARP, but “the rules aren’t clarified.” Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein has repeatedly said he expects to pay back TARP “soon.”

And BB&T CEO Kelly King told The Associated Press Monday the timing of the repayment is “really in the hands of the regulators and the Treasury. All we can do is apply and meet the conditions, which we believe we have.”