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2022-04-09 Government Corruption

IRS will "absolutely" resolve backlog before end of the year, Commissioner Charles Rettig says

[CBS] The IRS could wipe out its massive backlog of returns by the end of the year, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said Thursday. His optimistic prognosis comes as millions of people are still waiting for the overburdened agency to process returns from past tax filing seasons and send their refunds, even as the IRS entered a new tax filing season.

The IRS still had 23 million items in its backlog to get through heading into this year's tax filing season, as it struggled to overcome hurdles exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this year, the Taxpayer Advocate wrote in her report the IRS was in a crisis. Treasury and IRS officials warned this could be the most challenging tax filing season for taxpayers and preparers to date.

Rettig appeared before the House Ways and Means committee Thursday for a hearing on the tax filing season. He said the agency will "absolutely" make it through the backlog before the end of 2022.

"If the world stays as it is as of today, we will be what we call healthy by the end of calendar year '22, and enter the '23 filing season with normal inventories — healthy through the eyes of the taxpayer," Rettig said.

The Treasury Department and IRS announced last week a plan to catch up on the pandemic-related backlog this year. The effort includes the hiring of 10,000 IRS employees over the next year, including 5,000 in the next few months. The IRS has also been granted more hiring authority, allowing the agency to get new employees in the door more quickly. Previously, the onboarding process took as many as six to eight months, Rettig said, but with their new abilities, employees could be onboarded in 30 to 35 days.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-09 06:01|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 (Checks crystal ball) I see a great fire in a building.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2022-04-09 08:11|| 2022-04-09 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2
The only agency that goes over and above to ensure the State is not denied.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-09 09:14|| 2022-04-09 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 They had 2 million pieces of unopened mail at their Kansas City processing center two Augusts ago and apparently it's still there, albetit maybe a tad smaller. I'm calling BS and I haven't sent shit to KC since that IRS appeals guy told me that (mail backlog).

Posted by Raj 2022-04-09 09:23|| 2022-04-09 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 They haven't processed my return yet but they sure as fuck cashed that check as fast as they could.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-09 09:46|| 2022-04-09 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Did they say which year?

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-04-09 10:04|| 2022-04-09 10:04|| Front Page Top

#6
We were held up 45+ days in filling the latest FED/GA returns.

It seems the IRS failed to provide a Social Security Admin form needed for SSA retirees to file late into Feb. 2022. Then took the Tax S/w people a week+ to add it.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-04-09 10:48|| 2022-04-09 10:48|| Front Page Top

#7 And - try calling the IRS for anything. I haven't gotten through on my last four calls. My old CPA boss said in an e-mail last month - 'the tax system is in shambles'. No argument here.

Posted by Raj 2022-04-09 13:34|| 2022-04-09 13:34|| Front Page Top

#8 They haven't processed my return yet but they sure as fuck cashed that check as fast as they could.

Ain't that the truth.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-09 13:49|| 2022-04-09 13:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Its only work if you do it...

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig testified to the Senate Finance Committee today. Rettig said agents are only picking up one in five taxpayer phone calls.

Rettig said: “We are currently running around 19 to 20 percent level of service.”

https://www.atr.org/irs-picks-up-the-phone-only-19-to-20-percent-of-the-time/

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-04-09 14:42|| 2022-04-09 14:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Good thing the IRS was so on top of things back in the Lois Lerner era.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-09 14:49|| 2022-04-09 14:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Rettig said: “We are currently running around 19 to 20 percent level of service.”

So you're telling me I have a chance on my next call? Nice!

Posted by Raj 2022-04-09 14:55|| 2022-04-09 14:55|| Front Page Top

#12 I filed my taxes a couple of weeks ago and haven't heard back. Nor have they taken the money from my account. I am wondering - if they don't take it before the 18th - will I have to pay a penalty?

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-04-09 14:58|| 2022-04-09 14:58|| Front Page Top

#13 if they don't take it before the 18th - will I have to pay a penalty?

If you mailed a hard copy to them Return Receipt, you have a signed record of when they got it, Crazy Fool, useful for discussing the question with them. Beyond that, I don’t know.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-09 15:54|| 2022-04-09 15:54|| Front Page Top

#14

Yep, they sure will, the same way FedEx got rid of their backlog.....throwing them into ditches and dumpsters.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-04-09 22:40|| 2022-04-09 22:40|| Front Page Top

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