After you file

@Shottamike23 

I'm hoping for that too!   But there are so many tax filers that claim this credit that I'm looking into the first week of March as the IRS website says.

"The IRS expects the earliest Earned Income Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit-related refunds to be available in taxpayer bank accounts or on debit cards the first week of March if they chose direct deposit and there are no other issues with their tax return. Taxpayers should check Where's My Refund? for their personalized refund date."

Retrieved from: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc152