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IRS Transcript Code 768: Earned Income Credit

768

Your EIC posting to the account as a credit.

The official definition, IRS Document 6209

Earned Income Credit (generated transaction). Posts Earned Income Credit which is generated from information received from Code and Edit.

What it means for your refund

Positive input, with a calendar caveat: by law (the PATH Act) the IRS cannot release refunds claiming EIC or the additional child tax credit before mid February, so early filers with a 768 wait on the statute, not on a problem.

Worth knowing: EIC claims are also a common review trigger; an 810 refund freeze with reason code 3 is specifically an earned income credit check per Document 6209.

Reading the transcript around it

Codes rarely act alone: holds (570, 810) pair with releases (571, 811), a 971 often flags the letter that explains a hold, and the refund itself is always the 846 line. The full code index maps the neighbors, including the cycle code and As-of date explained without the folklore. If the account shows a balance rather than a refund, the letters that follow are decoded in our IRS notice decoder.

Sources: IRS Document 6209, Section 8A; IRM 21.5.6; IRS refund myth page. Verified July 2026.

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