Path hold bs

[Ashley]

Everyone in here is so quick to pull up that stupid path act message. It’s bullshit you can get your taxes whenever the irs wants to release them mid Feb or not. I’ve been path every year and never had to wait till the 15th for my refund. Wmr site is a piece of shit too. I’ve never had it update with a ddd before I got my money. The best thing to do is just keep checking your debit card

[Niknak]

2171USMC

Yep I agree, he could have Vetoed. Leave it to Barry to f things up right along with his paidoff Congress at the time.

[Niknak]

Blah blah blah! Still stand by my previous comment. You dont have to like it but you sure as hell got to deal with it.

[2171USMC]

@Andrew

again your Leninist Class warfare Repubs pushing granny off the cliff, hyperbolic nonsense is just that. If anything, the people who would want to keep your money would be Dems to support more and more unobtainable SJW BS like free college, free healthcare, free Gov jobs for life. My suggestion would be to stop with the irrational anger.

PS Obama could have vetoed it. Repubs didn’t have a super majority in either the House or Senate to overturn a veto.
Civics

Either way I don’t think either crummy party is after your money(or deny it) via the PATH Act.

[Leila]

It’s never right for me. I have gotten my refund in the past and it would still not update.

[Randall]

Andrew, you used people as a collective, and research in the same sentence.

It’s a nice dream, isn’t it? :) Best to you, sir.

[Andrew]

The PATH Act renewed many expired tax laws and introduced a few new laws, which affect both individuals and businesses. Many tax deductions that were set to expire, such as tuition deduction up to $4,000, certain charitable contributions and residential energy credits, were extended, with retroactive credit for 2015. Here are a few of the many PATH Act changes/extensions for individuals:

The existing Child Tax Credit laws were renewed to permanently maintain the $3,000 earned income threshold that qualifies a person for a refundable credit. This threshold was set to rise to as high as $10,000 in 2017, which would have disqualified many taxpayers from claiming the credit.
The maximum credit under the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which applies to higher education expenses, is permanently set at $2,500. This was expected to drop to $1,800 in 2017.
IRS fraud regulations have become more stringent. For example, if a person fraudulently claims EITC, the person will be banned from claiming that credit for ten years. If a person fraudulently claims a Child Tax Credit or an American Opportunity Education Credit, that person will be banned from claiming those credits for two years. Also, a person cannot go back and claim a Child Tax Credit for previous years when the child in question didn’t have a SSN or an ITIN.

[Andrew]

Obama didn’t write the law, he just signed it. It was literally REPUBLICANS that put in the provision that makes the IRS hold refunds. The rest of the bill was written by Democrats to extend all those lovely credits everyone likes to claim. Is research really that hard for you people? If Republicans had their way you wouldn’t have any credits.

[Shana]

Same here. I always got my fed in my bank account before the site updated. There are many other ways they can do this instead of holding poor and middle class people’s refunds. This is probably payback too as well since the rich or those that make a little more usually have to pay taxes. Who runs Washington? Not us for sure.

[Niknak]

President Obama signed into law the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015. He is why we are waiting for our money.

[Jenna]

@stupid Bob… the path act expires this year!

[2171USMC]

@ Andrew.

the PATH Act itself is an Obama Law, 114th Congress, signed into law 2015. As far as I can remember, the delay via PATH has been a few years. I don’t think it’s anyone (left or right) sticking it to anyone. On purpose. That’s just hyperbole there. Class warfare taken right out of Leninism 101.

P.S.

You’re* not your if you’re going to call someone dumb

[Andrew]

@ray c

Did you really call the PATH Act an Obama law? Your as dumb as Bob. The PATH Act was a bill that extended semi-permanent tax credits that were set to expire in 2017 including Child Tax Credit and higher education credits. It was the Republicans that added the provision that EITC and ACTC claimers had to wait till 2/15 because they’re always looking for ways to stick it to the poor. While I agree that the holding part needs to be removed, getting rid of the entire PATH Act would be devastating to a lot of filers.

[W8tingfofundz]

Filed 1/23
Accepted 1/25
Updated to path 2/1 or 2/2
Still on path tt 152

Was not able to create an account to view online transcript. I was able to order mail copy. Does that mean returns are processed?

[W8tingfofundz]

@Kathryn I hope you get the $ soon and your situation keeps getting better after that

[sean]

@eric AGREED….So many people stress over this Path deal and it is there in bold letters! They will NOT UPDATE you if you are PATH until 15th or later. Last year my deposit arrived 2 days before PATH message changed ON THE 15TH :)

[Eric]

I agree with you Sean. I’ve been filing for years and can pretty much spot a problem myself on the codes presented. Very rarely will the irs computers make a mistake especially if nothing has changed circumstance wise.

[sean]

I typically just ignore rude or ignorant comments and keep going forward with the positive folks in here for a reason! If anyone has any questions I am no expert but I have been tracking for years and know what is normal vs Not.

[Koka]

Wrong spelling…Bob c Kock dude, that’s for you. Feel free to jump off in a lake of nobody gives a damn.

[Jimzzz]

So Bob are you here because you’re waiting on your own refund or are you just here to “teach” us about withholdings? You have no idea what you’re talking about

[NYMidFam]

No, Bob.

You can only claim so many before hitting the max. And even the maximum doesn’t account for EITC/ACTC. It’s essentially refunding ALL or a large portion of your taxes, not just an overpayment for your tax bracket… essentially, income redistribution.

Years ago – I’m not sure if this is still the case – there was a way to even get back a portion of your EITC in your paycheck. We provided HR with the IRS code that allowed them to do this. But there was still a refund since it didn’t allow for ALL of the EITC in your weekly paycheck, only maybe a quarter of it.

People with refunds are not necessarily choosing to “give the government an interest-free loan.”

[Bob C Kock]

Lol. If you don’t want to wait on your money then file your W-4 with the correct amount of withholding’s. If you are getting a refund all your doing is giving the government an interest free loan. You do not have to wait on your tax refund you can have it every week on your paycheck if you would just claim the correct amount of withholding’s. The PATH act is a wonderful law that has saved us taxpayers an average of 24 billion dollars a year since it has been enacted. The PATH act is going nowhere. If you don’t want to wait on your money file your W-4 correctly. If you hate the PATH act it’s probably because it makes it harder for you to defraud the government.

[Neenap]

Why make ALL the tax payers who claim EIC and similar credits suffer? Punish those who commit the fraud afterward. It’s because its not to protect us, its all bs to accrue interest and benefit the government and banks. They take our taxes out instantly , we shouldn’t have to wait 45 days or more to get our money. Didn’t add mich yo this discussion, i just strongly agree on the path BS.

[ray c]

sensible GUY…you DO KNOW its your money they are holding onto right? YOU have every right to question the IRS and the Feds. No laws are being broken by simply wanting access to your own money in a reasonable manner. I don’t think anyone here is asking for laws to be circumvented. We need to find a way to repeal the “brilliant” Obama law that we have come to love known as THE PATH ACT. Simply brilliant lol. The Feds found another hoop for us to leap through. WE ALL HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO WONDER WTH OUR MONEY IS. That’s reasonable.

[ray c]

agree totally Ashley. Well said. Stay off the websites and just keep checking your bank account or card. The Irs websites as well as Santa Barbara bank leave much to be desired. A day late and a dollar short, USELESS. BTW…next thing on the agenda needs to be to do away with the dumb Path act. Must be a better way to do things than THAT.

[The Sensible Guy]

Oh look another one of these threads. It blows my mind that people actually come here and post that the IRS has actually broken federal law for them.

[Jerrica]

@Ashley I had ACTC last year and wasn’t held up by path. DDD was 1/31.
This year I got the PATH message though.
I think some people do end up getting lucky and slipping through, despite PATH. My aunt said she has a friend who has EIC and she got her deposit on her card from H&R Block this year. So I believe people do get them early.

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