SamS1
Expert Alumni

After you file

If you have earned income credit and/or additional child tax credit, it is probably delayed.  Returns with either of these credits are covered under the PATH act, which gives the IRS authority to delay the refund to verify dependent information on your return. For 2020, the IRS was not issuing refunds for these returns until the 1st week of March.  Since it sounds like there were some problems with your child's name and social security number, your refund may be delayed an additional week for the IRS to verify the child's identity.   

 

You can check the status of your refund from the IRS.gov website.  Click here for a link to Where's My Refund