The IRS has added a page to its website for updates on the 2022 tax filing season as well as efforts by the agency to clear a backlog of unprocessed returns from past years, according to a February 14 news release.
The page on IRS.gov, Special Tax Season Alerts, will be promoted on social media and other online channels to assist taxpayers during the current filing season, which began January 24.
“The IRS is taking numerous steps to keep this tax season going smoothly while also taking additional action to address the inventory of tax returns filed last year,” IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in the release.
As updated on the new web page, the IRS’s inventory-clearing steps include ending the mailing of more than a dozen automated letters that are commonly sent to taxpayers when they owe additional tax or have no record of filing a tax return, the release stated. Other updates will be focused on IRS operations and the number of unprocessed tax returns in hand.
“We want people to have an easy way to see the latest information,” Rettig added. “This new page provides a one-stop shop for the latest key information people and the tax community may need.”
The commissioner said the IRS was “off to a good start” processing tax returns and issuing refunds. During the first two weeks of filing season—through February 6—the agency issued more than 4 million tax refunds worth almost $10 billon, according to the release.
The IRS reiterated its call for taxpayers to carefully review their tax filings for accuracy and to file electronically with direct deposit to expedite refunds.
Source: Checkpoint Newsstand 2/16/22
