COVID Chokes an Already Crippled IRS

Can busy season get any worse? We’re about to find out.

IRS Workloads Up, Budgets Down
IRS Workloads Up, Budgets Down

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The year 2021 gave tax preparers and taxpayers one big mutual hope — the hope that such a year never happens again.

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And just in case Congress didn’t get the message, National Tax Advocate Erin M. Collins submitted to that august body an annual report that pulled no punches and spared no explication. The new filing season starting Jan. 24 could bring hitherto unbelievable problems.

The situation, she said, was dire.