Our ability to help may be limited. Today, I want to provide information on limitations TAS is facing in assisting individual and business taxpayers who have filed amended tax returns and are waiting for the IRS to process them. We know many individuals and businesses are frustrated by the delays, particularly those awaiting refunds.
As of October 30, , the IRS had a backlog of over 2. The IRS is processing these returns in the order received, and the current processing time posted on its operational page is more than 20 weeks.
Our cases indicate that the processing time is considerably longer than 20 weeks, and as such, I have made the difficult decision to suspend accepting cases where the sole issue involves the processing of amended returns until the IRS is able to work through its backlog. We are also analyzing the upcoming filing season and expect to issue revised guidance for original filed returns. Over 3. There are a number of reasons for the backlog.
And it also has over 4, unfilled positions in the processing department, Treasury's report says. In addition to processing normal returns from last filing season and this filing season, the smaller staff has had to distribute hundreds of millions of stimulus payments over the past year, implement other recent tax law changes like the increased Child and Dependent Care Credit and send out tax refunds on unemployment benefits to those who already filed their returns.
Paper returns, in particular, have been delayed because IRS staff was not physically in the office for much of last year to process them due to Covid social distancing measures. For more steps planned for the tax season, see Security Summit. Notice: Historical Content This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current law, policies or procedures. More In News. Stronger Security Filters and Tax Refund Processing As the IRS steps up its efforts to combat identity theft and tax refund fraud through its many processing filters, legitimate refund returns sometimes get delayed during the review process.
This page is designated as historical and is no longer updated. We recommended that IRS take action to address processing delays and risks to the filing season. Addressing our recommendations will help IRS provide better customer service and process tax returns in a more timely way and get refunds to taxpayers. The paper jam If you filed your tax return on paper, IRS may not have gotten to it by the end of Tax Policy and Administration.
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