PATH Act Delay: No Updates Until Feb 15th - Everything You Need to Know About EIC/ACTC Refund Timeline
Been filing taxes for over a decade and wanted to share what I know about the PATH Act delays. If youre claiming EIC/ACTC your stuck until Feb 15th - no transcript updates, no WMR changes, nothing moves at all. After Feb 15th processing starts again. Transcripts update Feb 21st around 3am, prepaid cards get deposits around 5pm central on Feb 21st, and WMR updates Feb 22nd. Learned this from years of experience.
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Isaac Wright
This is accurate. The PATH Act was implemented to prevent fraud with refundable credits. No refunds containing EITC/ACTC will be released before mid-February. The IRS uses this time to verify income and eligibility. Best way to track your specific case is using taxr.ai - it'll analyze your transcript and give you the exact timeline based on your situation.
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Maya Diaz
•whats taxr.ai? never heard of it before 🤔
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Isaac Wright
•Its this new AI tool that reads your transcript and tells you exactly whats going on - way better than trying to decode it yourself. Only costs a buck too
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Maya Diaz
•just tried it and wow! finally know exactly whats happening with my refund! worth every penny fr fr 💯
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Tami Morgan
in the same boat rn... its so frustrating having to wait when u need the $$ 😤
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Rami Samuels
•fr fr the struggle is real. bills dont wait for the irs to get their act together 🤦♀️
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Haley Bennett
yall should check out taxr.ai - it analyzes your transcript and tells you exactly when youll get paid. saved me from checking wmr 100 times a day lol
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Douglas Foster
•how does it work? is it legit?
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Haley Bennett
•yeah its legit! you just upload your transcript and it breaks everything down. tells you if theres delays, when to expect deposit, everything
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Douglas Foster
•BRUH just tried it and it actually works! showed me exactly why my refund was delayed and when itll hit my account 🙌
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Nina Chan
the PATH act is straight 🤡 behavior... making poor ppl wait while the rich get their refunds right away smh
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Ruby Knight
Can confirm all this. Been filing for 8 years and its always the same timeline.
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Diego Castillo
•does this apply to amended returns too?
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Ruby Knight
•nah amended returns are a whole different beast lol
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Logan Stewart
tried calling the IRS about this and got nowhere... on hold for 2 hours just to get hung up on 🤮
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