By federal law, the IRS can't process returns with the EITC credit until Feb. 15th (and there was one more forgot what it was)... as stated on the irs' website
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/refund-timing
unfortunately for us the 15th fell on a Saturday this year, and the following Monday was a federal holiday. The IRS started processing these returns Tuesday, February 18th, so they've only been processing them for 3 days. I filed on Jan 24th, and according to turbo tax, my return was accepted on the 27th. As of a few minutes ago, my status still says that 'my refund has been received and is currently being processed'.
The 21 days of receiving your refund is added to the date your refund is APPROVED (step after being processed). The IRS 1st day of processing return with eitc and child tax credits was the 18th, so we're probably not getting dates until at least next week. On their website it says updates should be be posted after the 22nd, which is basically next week.
Point is the IRS couldn't legally process your return before the 18th
The first day of processing for those with eic and child tax credit is was February 18th
Expect updates after the 22nd
And I know you're gonna hate to hear it, but you're gonna have to keep waiting lol. I feel your pain though lol.
