Same issue here.
I filed my tax return jan 25. They excepted jan 27, and didn't tell me it would be delayed by the child tax credit, earned income credit, and new identity theft laws. I had to do some digging with the IRS but I finally got responses from them saying they wouldn't release any returns containing the CTC or the EIC until the first to second week of March! 😲 I was like your kidding the ones that typically claim those credits are the ones that usually need it the fastest to take care of their children...
