Oh, and one more thing I think I should mention, after filing my taxes, Turbotax gave the 21 day estimate as usual. So, the estimated date for us to receive our taxes was February 19. But apparently, IRS wasn't even processing federal refunds for people with EIC or Child credits until after around February 27th (this isn't mentioned while filing). Turbotax doesn't inform anyone that their taxes are going to automatically be delayed, but they start a timer on you for their fees (which by the way, people could file their own taxes for free). Turbotax makes it out like they'll help you and help prevent problems and delays or help figure out what to do if a problem does occur, if you pay fees, but this isn't true either. After the first week of March, I called the IRS directly to see if I had done something wrong with my taxes and the person only said "No, this is just policy, you'll get a letter on March 16th and we'll have 60 days from that day to look at your taxes". If I had known they wouldn't even start processing returns until after February 27th due to the CTC and EIC and that I wouldn't have a place in line because of how early I filed, I would have waited a month.
