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Best answer by Texas Roger

If you have EIC and/or additional child tax credit included in your refund, the IRS will not begin processing refunds for those returns until Feb. 15. They say not to expect the refund until the week of Feb. 27.

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Employee
June 1, 2019

If you have EIC and/or additional child tax credit included in your refund, the IRS will not begin processing refunds for those returns until Feb. 15. They say not to expect the refund until the week of Feb. 27.

June 1, 2019
That's not technically true I think that they will not start giving it out until February 15th but I am almost positive that mine is completely done processing I could order my transcripts that and it says I will be getting mine on the 16th because of the situation this year but they were done processing it on the 2nd of February but mine was also in the early batch I know mine is done processing I think that they are already processing them they are not just updating or information on the IRS site until the 15th I would just check on the 15th and see when your direct deposit  day will be but I'm pretty sure everybody will have some type of an answer on the 15th if not a couple days after that.
February 13, 2020

So you filed your taxes on the 2nd of February  and your gonna be getting your refund on February 16th ?

February 13, 2020

Mine says something about the PATH ACT what does that mean I filed in 26 the of January and accepted the 27th so when will I get mine

Employee
February 13, 2020

The PATH ACT was the tax law enacted several years ago that prohibits the IRS from sending refunds to filers who have EITC or Additional Child Tax Credit on their tax return until after Feb. 15. This was enacted to reduce the amount of fraud in tax returns with those credits being taken by filers who were not entitled to them. It allows the IRS to compare what is claimed on the tax returns to actual W-2s they receive from employers.  If the IRS sends your refund near Feb. 15, you will probably receive it later in February.