Update on IRS website about PATH

[tuff1430]

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/refund-timing

Taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit may experience a refund hold. According to the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, the IRS cannot issue these refunds before mid-February. The IRS expects the earliest EITC/ACTC related refunds to be available in taxpayer bank accounts or debit cards starting February 27, 2018, if these taxpayers chose direct deposit and there are no other issues with their tax return.

Where’s My Refund? ‎on IRS.gov and the IRS2Go mobile app will be updated February 17 for the vast majority of early filers who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit. These taxpayers will not see a refund date on Where’s My Refund? or through their software packages until then. The IRS, tax preparers and tax software will not have additional information on refund dates, so Where’s My Refund? remains the best way to check the status of a refund. Where’s My Refund? is only updated once daily, usually overnight, so checking it more often will not produce new or different results.

[Aksha]

Not sure, I know last year I received funds on the 17th…. we will have to see.

[Aksha]

@tuff1430

I think last year I got my refund on 2/17, maybe if we weekly on Saturday we will get DDD’s for the following week. The reason I say that is, because the 15th is when they will start releasing, but to keep calls down they have got to pull our legs some way. So hopefully we will end up with those DDD’s this weekend, maybe at the end of the week some of the daily’s will express that they have DDD’s. (Don’t quote Me)

[tuff1430]

Says refunding starts 2/27 (EITC & CTC) and update on WMR on 2/17.. Think there’s any truth to this or just IRS picking a date to shut everyone up?

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