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2021 Update:The IRS starts processing 2020 returns on February 12, 2021. EITC and ACTC returns delayed until February 22, 2021.The IRS no longer follows any particular schedule for issuing refunds. Refunds can be processed on any day of the week. The pending process of your particular bank will determine when the funds are made available to you. Refunds including the ACTC (based on your CTC) and EITC continue to be delayed at the start of tax season, in an effort to reduce cases of tax identity theft.2020 update: Keeping in mind there are exceptions, IRS refund deposits are following the same rough schedule this year. EITC and CTC held returns will start processing returns on February 15, 2020. In regards to these refunds, the IRS “Wheres My Refund?” tool will not provide status updates before that time.The IRS doesn't issue a schedule anymore, so this schedule isn't as official as it once was. The processing time table is variable, but disregarding any holds (beginning CTC & EIC tax fraud holds & audits, for example), they follow this rough schedule…For E-Filed returns only:Returns accepted between Monday - Sunday (before 11:00 am) are refunded in the same batch. Deposits are made on Mondays, minimum 8 days after return is accepted. 8 days after the week/batch ends.Keep in mind- returns are usually accepted the day they are filed, but not always. Refund dates go by the accepted date. Also, your banking institution can delay the refund by up to a few days, depending on their pending process. The schedule given is only for when the IRS sends the refund.Returns filed/accepted this week, Monday the 8th to 11 am, Sunday the 14th, will have direct deposit refunds sent on Monday the 22nd.Refund checks usually take 4 days longer to be mailed, on Fridays. In the above example, it'd be Friday the 26th.I have seen many 2018 refunds follow the exact schedule above.ETA: Keep in mind, Accepted is not the same as Approved. It is the acknowledgement of the return being received.Also, the IRS will not provide any refund information over the phone until 21 days after the return is accepted. Or 4 weeks, if mailed.

Yup- sorry this is long but the EIC is very complicated for 2020.Unemployment Income is taxable:The Fed Unemployment was $800 per week so they gave $3200 a month to thousands who did not earn nearly that much and for a couple it was $6400.Plus state unemployment.If one assumes the very minimum state unemployment of $250 (I think it is MS or AR) that is an additional $1000 a month or $4200 single $8400 couple.Some state unemployment is $500 a month and higher.And there have been extensions at various amounts plus state unemployment added.We worked 10 weeks prior to the shut-down so add that taxable income.Moreover - and this is where we are getting phone calls from people literally in hysterical meltdowns to the point I hate to talk to them right now:Unemployment is “unearned income” so the tax credits that provide families with children- especially those filing with three or more kids- are not available for unearned income. The EIC credit is by far the most valuable.But President Trump changed the IRS rules so that some families will qualify for some EIC amounts choosing either 2019 or 2020 income.President Trump was in no way a fiscal conservative. He is brilliant at creating jobs and growing the economy and foreign policy:But not at slowing the growth of government spending.Today:US Public Debt Per Capita is at a current level of 80.00K, down from 80.03K last month and up from 70.45K one year ago.That means that every man, woman and child in a family. A family of 4 owes $320,000 and going up every day.All Congress had to do was write the legislation so that the federal and state unemployment was equal to the recipient's gross pay. And exclude the millions who never lost one paycheck from the Stimulus check.How will the common folk pay it?Taxes taxes taxes taxes taxes taxes.The rule allowing some people to claim the EIC against unemployment income is a one-time only opportunity and extremely complicated. The IRS advises not filing your taxes until March because the administration, training and funding is still being set-up.I advise waiting until April 2020 and consult a tax specialist, not a tax preparer in an office on a street corner.And then be patient and wait. Will be a long process.Earned Income Tax Credit Limits for number of children and EIC limit (sorry I am unable to format or paste a table):Kids 0. Income $15,570 EIC $2 - $530Kids 1 Income $41094 EIC $9 - $3480Kids 2. Income $46,703 EIC $10 - $5920Kids 3 Income $50163. EIC $6660You can have investment income $3600.Again, my advice as is my husband's the tax professor, is if you are eligible for the EIC have someone at the IRS or a tax professional help you simply because the rule change us a one-time only change and the eligibility rules are complex.Good luck!!

Those eligible for the Earned income, yes.This credit is determined by income, marital status, and dependents. You can receive a higher amount per dependent (up to 4 qualify) and each dependent allows a higher income to qualify. Refund is based on a scale. Tax table below.There is a sweet spot among these 3. Lower income with more dependents can equal bigger refund. Too little income can disqualify you, also.Ex: I am married filing jointly with 2 children. This year our income was too high. Each year our income level goes up, so our EIC was less each year since, up until 2019… when we were phased out.IRS Releases 2020 Tax Rate Tables, Standard Deduction Amounts And More