When Will The Path Act Lift 2025 Be Implemented. Under the path act, all tax refunds that include the earned income tax credit (eitc) and/or the additional child tax credit (actc), must be held until after february 14 of. In 2025, the irs will lift the path act holding requirement on february 17, and start processing returns for taxpayers who have.

For 2025, we expect that the earliest path act tax refunds will arrive around february 17 (february 15 falls on a weekend), but the bulk of earlier filers will see their refund the week of february 21 through march 3. The path act of 2015 remains a critical piece of tax legislation that benefits millions of americans.