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2016 tax season: 10 important changes and tips + 10 wacky deductions

To help you get the most out of your returns, here are a few important changes for the 2016 tax year.

9. . . . though you won鈥檛 get your EITC credit until late February

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Shavonne Henry (r.) greets her 7-month-old son, Jordan, as her husband, Michael Henry, brings him into the kitchen after a nap at their apartment in Vancouver, Wash.

Taxpayers who are eligible for the EITC and the 鈥渁dditional child tax credit,鈥� the refundable piece of the "child tax credit," who file their 2016 returns as early as possible still won't get their entire refund until Feb. 15 at the earliest. It could even come during the week of Feb. 27.

After you file, you can  of your refund.

The delay has to do with the IRS鈥檚 efforts to prevent tax fraud and results from the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act passed in December 2015.

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