The Internal Revenue Service will start accepting the refund of Earned Income Tax Credit from 17 February 2025, for tax year 2024, and it is possible that the first direct deposit will be released 10 days after this i.e. on 27 February 2025.
Individuals who will file the EITC refund electronically in the initial stage will be able check their filing status as early as February 17, 2025, taxpayers should know that the direct deposit for the EITC Refund is likely to be released within two weeks, once the eFile is accepted by the IRS.
The tax season 2025 is going to begin on January 21, 2025, that is, from this date the Internal Revenue Service will start accepting the General refunds, within 24 hours of filing individuals will be able check the filing status, but those who also have claim EITC will have to wait upto February 17 to check that their refund is accepted or not.
EITC Direct Deposit Dates 2025
Individuals who will also claim the EITC refund will have to wait until February 17, 2025, because of the PATH Act. Because under this law, any refund in which Earned Income Tax Credit has been claimed cannot be processed before 15th February.
The IRS will start processing the EITC refund after 15 February, after which all those who had initially filed the taxes electronically will be able to check their filing status on 17 February 2924 and will be able to see whether their refund has been accepted or not, those whose refund status will be accepted are likely to receive their direct deposit on 27 February.
Though no official schedule for EITC refund is issued by the IRS, as per last year’s trend, we have prepared a direct deposit dates table which you can see below and check the expected date to get the refund.
| EITC Refund Accepted by the IRS | Direct Deposit Received |
| 17 to 24 February | 27 February to 5 March |
| 25 February to 4 March | 7 to 14 March |
| 5 to 11 March | 15 to 19 March |
| 12 to 18 March | 20 to 26 March |
| 19 to 25 March | 27 March to 2 April |
| 26 March to 1 April | 3 to 9 April |
| 2 to 8 April | 10 to 16 April |
| 9 to 15 April | 17 to 23 April |
| 16 to 22 April | 24 to 30 April |
| 23 to 29 April | 1 to 7 May |
| 30 April to 6 May | 8 to 14 May |
| 7 to 13 May | 15 to 21 May |
| 14 to 20 May | 22 to 28 May |
| 21 to 27 May | 29 May to 4 June |
| 28 May to 3 June | 5 to 11 June |
The direct deposit date for receiving EITC refund is estimated as per the table offered, it is possible that it may take extra 2-3 days to receive the payment, and in some cases payout may be received earlier.
EITC Direct Deposit Delay 2024
If the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) direct deposit isn’t received by the expected date to get the payout, and even after waiting for extra two-three days then in this situation first of all you should check your refund filing status and see whether your refund has been accepted by the Internal Revenue Service or not.
If your refund status is showing as ‘Accepted’ then it may be that the IRS have been handling the large number of refunds at that time, due to which, there is a delay in getting the refund, in this situation it is recommended to wait at least a week.
Even after waiting for that much time, if the refund is not received, then it will be better for you to contact the concerned authorities of IRS and find out the reason behind it.
EITC Direct Deposit Status
As I have also mentioned above, those taxpayers who will also have claimed the EITC along with their refund will be able to check their filing status on February 17 or later. To do so, the IRS has provided two options, first is the ‘Where’s My Refund?’ tool, which is accessible on the official website, and the other is a mobile application, named IRS2GO.
To check the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) refund filing status through the web based tool or using the mobile application provided by the Internal Revenue Service, a taxpayer will have to enter his Social Security Number, Filing Status, Tax Year and Refund Amount.