This year’s 2020 tax return is going to be another nightmare and, perhaps all in all, a much worse nightmare than last year.
In a normal year, the IRS would start filing feedback in late January. This year, the IRS won’t start accepting individual income tax returns until February 12, as the federal tax agency is still grappling with last-minute changes to the tax law – a worrying situation for many early filers. The tax authorities said on Jan. 15 that after the late passage of the relief law in late December, it also needed time to program and test its computer systems – a legitimate excuse. However, the agency was not very open to details related to eliminating many of the delays and the seemingly irresponsible storage and priority of tax returns “Techniques” there were returns for 2019.
“We ask taxpayers to be patient” the IRS said in a statement.
For most of the years before this it had been easier to be patient. But is that really too much to ask with all the challenges and needs that have developed in 2020 and will remain alive in 2021?
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