Tuesday, January 16, 2018

The Embattled IRS

Concerned about the new tax changes? Good luck getting your tax questions answered by the IRS this tax season or the next one. After the massive new tax law passed in December, the IRS has admitted it's not ready for it.

The IRS lacks the funding to “provide acceptable levels of taxpayer service,” according to the annual report from the agency’s National Taxpayer Advocate. The agency estimates it will answer only six out of 10 taxpayer calls this coming tax filing season and less than 40 percent of calls with a “live assistor” during the full 2018 fiscal year, which runs through September 30, 2018.

After the April tax filing deadline, the IRS won't be answering any tax law questions by phone or at its taxpayer assistance centers. Since fiscal 2009, the agency's employee training budgets have been cut nearly 75 percent.

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