I found an article online that had the following paragraph about Oregon "refund holds":
"We are probably not going to send out tax fund refunds until mid-February," explained Maxey. "We do this 'refund hold' as part of our fraud prevention, just to make sure that the amounts claimed on tax returns match on the forms like W-2's and 1099's. They’re not going to get their return that much slower if they have to wait an extra week for the refund."
https://katu.com/news/following-the-money/thousands-of-oregonians-unable-to-file-taxes-due-to-tax-so...
