Last week, the Treasury Department released a revised contingency plan for the government shutdown under which more than 46,000 of the approximately 70,000 IRS employees would be required to return to work to process tax refunds and get ready for tax filing season, but the majority of them would be unpaid, as the IRS plans…
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Taxpayers With Tax Problems Should Take Advantage of the IRS Shutdown!
My colleague Steven Klitzner is advising Taxpayers who owe money, are being audited, or who have not filed their returns and who may be breathing a sigh of relief, during this IRS government shutdown; Wrong strategy! They need to take advantage of the situation. We have been advising our clients to get their ducks in a row, get their…
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Legality of IRS’ Furloughed Workers Recall Now Questioned by Senator
According to Law360, a U.S. Senate Finance Committee member on January 22, 2019 questioned the legality of the Internal Revenue Service plan to recall 46,000 furloughed workers next week, which the agency would execute if the partial federal government shutdown remains in effect. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the ranking member of the committee’s taxation and IRS…
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The IRS Computer is Continuing to Generate Notices of Levy During This Government Shutdown
For your information, the IRS computer is continuing to generate Notices of Levy, during this IR/Government shutdown. It's been my experience that just about every IRS fax number is not functioning, during this government shutdown and you will receive a busy signal when these IRS fax numbers are dialed. So trying to contact anyone at…
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