DDD Cycle codes explained

[cgdesilva]

I have seen many people asking where to find their cycle codes and others asking what they mean. I decided to explain this the best that I can.
First you either have to view your 2017 tax transcript online or order it by mail. Near the bottom you will see a Cycle code that looks like a date but is actually the code form of the date.

I am going to take the code that was given to me last week from someone who wanted to know what it meant. 20180504
first the 2018 is the year
then the next two digits are the week of the year, in this case 05
For 05 it would be the 5th week of the year which in this case is the week of 1/29-2/2
2/5-2/9 is week 6
2/12-2/16 is week 7
2/19-2/23 is week 8
and so on.
Now on to the third two digit number which in this case is 04,is a Tuesday. the IRS week starts on a Thursday and ends on a Wednesday so the days go as follows.
Thursday-01
Friday-02
Monday- 03
Tuesday-04
Wednesday-05
If your cycle code ends in 01,02,03 or 04 your a daily and could update on WMR any day of the week, if it ends in 05 your a weekly. Weekly accounts update Saturdays from midnight to 3am. Also if you are a weekly then your deposit will usually be issued the following Wednesday, provided your not effected by the Path act, if so it will be held until they release it after the hold timer runs out on 2/12-2/15.
So it breaks down like this:
Cycle code: 20180504
You know this is a daily, for the year 2018, week 5, day 4- = 1/30/2018
I hope this helps as someone helped me understand it 5 years ago and it has made getting my refund that much easier to understand. Good Luck everyone.

[Leveda B Boyd]

My cycle code is 20181005 what do this means?

[lp]

Thank you so much for this information. It’s like every tax season I learn something new!

[Portia]

Cycle code 20180605? What is this

[Tracey]

@cgdesilva how the f🤬ck you gone come on here giving people that long 🤬 bunch of MISINFORMATION! This is why people should Google & READ for themselves. First off this year the days start with Friday. Friday =01 mon=02 tue=03 we’d=04 thurs=05

Things have changed since someone gave you that information 5 years ago.

[Carrie]

I’m very confused. My date is 20180605
Somewhere I read that you add four days to the date of the cycle and that’s when to expect your refund. Help?

[Brittany]

Hi there everyone! I am confused because my DDD cycle has always ended in an 05. This year my message updated on WMR on a Monday and this morning my transcripts were done (with the exception of the 846 code, I am hoping because of the Path Act.) but has a cycle date of 20180605. Why would I be updating if I am a weekly?

[Brian]

Last year I was a weekly. This year I have a code of 20180604 so I’m a daily now. So is the 06 feb 12?

[Mya]

It is not true that “once a weekly, always a weekly.” I was a weekly in 2015 for tax year 2014, but the following years of 2016, 2017, and this year, I’m a daily.

[Cricket]

Interesting… wonder what I did! ;-)

Thanks!

[Kirkobanz89]

@cricket I don’t believe so…Certain circumstances put you into weekly like getting audited fraudulent returns different issues like that. I read somewhere that it takes about 7 years before your account to go back to daily processing

[Cricket]

Once you’re a weekly, are you always a weekly? Thanks!

[Connie]

Correction, I meant my third 2 digit number is different each year! :-/

[Veronica DeLeon]

This year there are 3 dead cycles – 201801, 201802, 201803
Returns with these cycles will attempt to post during Cycle 201804.

[Connie]

I checked my previous 3 years transcripts and every one had a different first 2 digits in the cycle code. Ex:0805.., 0605..,0705..so I have no idea what my code will be this year! I can view my 2017 account transcript only online, but it still only says “married filing joint..” and has all 0’s everywhere else…

[Lesley]

@cgdesilva

You should also point out that your cycle date can change and I believe, based on IRS cycle calendars that I’ve seen, the days of the week are still M-F. For the last two years, my cycle code was 0505, in 2015 my cycle code was 0502 and this year my cycle code was 0503. While I have always stayed consistent on being cycle week 5, my days do seem to fluctuate. Going based off of last years transcripts I wasn’t even expecting to be processed until 02/01, but to my surprise on 01/31 I already had a DDD of 02/05. So your previous years cycle date is really just a general guidance

[cgdesilva]

I think you right about that

[Jamie]

I don’t know much about this stuff so I very well be wrong but do you think that the week they consider “05” could actually be the week beginning with Monday February 5th? I only ask because I have the same code but my refund issued date is for Tuesday, Feb 6th, not January 30th. Thanks!

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