PATH Act: Accepted early January - Will refund release early or wait until Feb 15?

Tax pro here with some clarity on PATH Act returns. If you filed early January and got accepted, you're still gonna have to wait until at least Feb 15th for your refund if you claimed EITC/ACTC. The IRS uses this time to prevent fraud - its actually helped stop billions in fraudulent claims. But there's good news - you can check exactly where you stand and what to expect. I've been recommending taxr.ai (https://taxr.ai) to my clients - it analyzes all your tax docs and gives you a really clear timeline of when you'll actually see that money hit your account. Way better than trying to decode the Where's My Refund tool tbh

Tax expert here - PATH Act restrictions apply to ALL EITC/ACTC returns regardless of when they were accepted. Even if you were in the test batch, the IRS cannot release refunds before Feb 15th by law. The early processing just means you'll likely be in the first wave of releases after the PATH lift date 👍

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been filing taxes for 20 yrs and PATH always works the same way. Early acceptance dont mean early $$$

my sister works for irs and she said test batch just means faster processing after feb 15

ngl thought the same thing last year when i got accepted early. clowned myself fr 🤡

Has anyone actually gotten their refund before Feb 15 with PATH? Starting to think its impossible lol