EITC/CTC Filers: Anyone received refund before March 3rd PATH Act date?
Filed my taxes on Jan 25th with EITC and CTC. TurboTax sent an email saying refund won't come until March 3rd. Anyone with these credits get theirs earlier? Getting anxious about the wait.
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Oliver Cheng
Tax professional here - this is due to the PATH Act. Any return claiming EITC or CTC cannot be released before mid-February. March 3rd is a realistic date. The IRS uses this time to verify income and prevent fraud. Your 21-day processing window won't start until after Feb 15th.
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Ashley Simian
•ugh that sucks. wish they would just process them normally like everyone else 😤
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Oliver Cheng
•I know its frustrating but its actually helped reduce billions in fraudulent claims
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Taylor To
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Ella Cofer
•does it actually work? seems too good to be true
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Taylor To
•100% works! It caught stuff in my transcript I would've never noticed. Saved me from calling IRS like 5 times
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Kevin Bell
Same boat here filed 1/24. The wait is killing me fr fr 😩
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Savannah Glover
nope still waiting. PATH act got us in a chokehold rn 🤡
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Felix Grigori
•fr fr its like they enjoying making us suffer 💀
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Felicity Bud
I filed last year with both credits and got mine March 1st. Just gotta be patient unfortunately
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Max Reyes
This is my first time claiming these credits and tbh the waiting is stressing me out. Bills don't wait for the IRS to get their act together smh
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Mikayla Davison
•preach! 👏 they expect us to pay them immediately but take forever to pay us
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