Why the Delay this Year?
You
may be aware of the announcement from the IRS that Tax Refunds for this year
will only be available starting in late February. Have you wondered why this is
the case? This delay will directly affect those who claim the Earned Income Tax
Credit (EITC) or the Additional
Child Tax Credit (ACTC). A law was
passed by Congress last year that allows the IRS to hold any refunds claiming
these credits until February 15. Why was this done?
Last
year over 70 percent of all the Tax Returns submitted received a refund. Those
numbers are expected to remain the same this year. The Tax Refunds claiming the
EITC or ACTC will be a big part of that and are held a little longer to
check for fraud. That is a special circumstance with these 2 credits, but they
will arrive.
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