If you have EIC (earned income credit, aka EITC) or ACTC (additional child tax
credit), the IRS did not start releasing those refunds until February
15. That means people with those types of credits may not start receiving their
refunds until around February 27.
It's the same each year because it is statutory unless the PATH Act is changed at some point.
But because of the large amount of fraud in returns claiming those types of refunds, the
February delay in those types of refunds is likely here to stay.
