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Internal Revenue Manual Part 25. Special Topics · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
When direct deposit information has been updated using the Child Tax Credit Update Portal (CTCUP) or Get My Payment (GMP), subsequent refunds released from the tax year 2021 module will be issued via direct deposit to that account, unless the indicator has been reversed with a TC 972. A TC 971 AC 850 will not flip payments to paper after the CTCUP has been used to update direct deposit information. You can identify CTCUP direct deposit information updates by a TC 971 AC 199 with the MISC field providing the bank/routing information followed by "EF" (20 positions) posted on the taxpayer’s entity. The Julian Date will be 999, and the Blocking Series will be 77777.
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(1) The CTCUP/GMP was used to update the direct deposit information,
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