The Internal Revenue Service today reminds taxpayers and tax professionals to use electronic options to support social distancing and speed the processing of tax returns, refunds and payments. To protect the public and employees, and in compliance with orders of local health authorities around the country, certain IRS services such as live assistance on telephones,…
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues, the Internal Revenue Service is taking multiple steps to protect their employees, America’s taxpayers and their partners. Although they are curtailing some operations during this period, the IRS is continuing with mission-critical functions to support the nation, and that includes accepting tax returns and sending refunds. “As a federal agency…
Funding for many government agencies expired at midnight on Friday, which triggered a partial shutdown of the federal government. The IRS is affected by the shutdown because it is not already funded through September 2019. The IRS, having dealt with workforce and budget cuts since 2010, is already stretched thin with implementing the December 2017 tax reform law in time for the…
