Site icon Jennifer A. Capezzuto Stott, CPA

Processing Delays and Backlogs at the IRS

The pandemic shutdown in 2020, staffing shortages, budget limitations, and numerous tax law changes have converged to cause a snowball effect on the IRS’s ability to process returns in a timely manner. Both taxpayers and tax professionals have been heavily impacted for the last couple of years, and it has become so bad going into this 2022 tax season that we wanted to let you know what’s happening and what you can do to help.

Just a few things that are happening (or not happening) at the IRS:

The only good news is that the IRS staff is so lean that the odds of getting audited are pretty much the lowest they have ever been.

Our professional associations are actively lobbying and sending letters to Congress and the IRS in an attempt to smooth out some of these issues, including implementing penalty waivers, discontinuing automated compliance notices, and suggesting other actions favorable to the taxpayer.

What can you do to help? Two things:

Thank you for understanding and knowing that we’re always doing the best we can for you.

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