Sad, but true. They will not release a refund before Feb 15, 2018, not even part of it. I'm assuming if you had filed last year with EIC, PATH ACT to your refund, and you have the same information from that, there shouldn't be a long wait like last year. Plus they are saying they will start to release the week of the 27th.
At least it's better than last year's fiasco!
