Eight Ways the IRS Can Speed Up Processing Tax Returns

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Some of the fixes will require software updates, but some are simpler.

By CPA Trendlines Research

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins has determined that delays in the processing of tax returns is one of the most serious problems at the Internal Revenue Service.

Millions of Americans couldn’t agree more.

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Collins’s 2023 report to Congress is more than a detailed kvetch. It’s also a buffet of solutions – some that the IRS could effect, some that Congress needs to legislate.

She offers several solutions to the problems with processing. Here are the main processing problems and their solutions: