The IRS will begin processing returns on January 23. If your return has EIC (earned income credit) or ACTC (additional child tax credit), the IRS will hold off on releasing the refunds while they doublecheck the data (to help detect fraud.). They will start releasing those delayed refunds on February 15, which means filers with those credits will probably start receiving the refunds around the week of February 27.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/refund-timing">https://www.irs.gov/individuals/refund-timing</a>
Is this something new? I claimed the EIC, but even Turbo Tax estimates my return to be sometime between January 24 and February 13th, not the 15th.