Taxpayers who are eligible for the EITC and the “additional child tax credit,” the refundable piece of the "child tax credit," who file their 2016 returns as early as possible still won't get their entire refund until Feb. 15 at the earliest. It could even come during the week of Feb. 27.
After you file, you can go here to check on the status of your refund.
The delay has to do with the IRS’s efforts to prevent tax fraud and results from the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act passed in December 2015.
