Prepare for some changes this summer with the IRS.
The Internal Revenue Service announced details about the closures planned for May 24, June 14, July 5, July 22 and Aug. 30, 2013.
Due to the current budget situation, including the sequester, all IRS operations will be closed on those days. This means that all IRS offices, including all toll-free hotlines, the Taxpayer Advocate Service and the agency’s nearly 400 taxpayer assistance centers nationwide, will be closed on those days. IRS employees will be furloughed without pay. No tax returns will be processed and no compliance-related activities will take place.
The IRS noted that taxpayers should continue to file their returns and pay any taxes due as usual. So don't try to be slick and not file your taxes.
Taxpayers needing to contact the IRS about their returns or payments should be sure to take these furlough dates into account. In some instances, this may include taxpayers with returns or payments due soon after a furlough day, such as the June 17 deadline for taxpayers abroad and those making a second-quarter estimated tax payment as well as the Sept. 3 deadline for truckers filing a highway use tax return.
Because none of the furlough days are considered federal holidays, the shutdown will have no impact on any tax-filing deadlines. The IRS will be unable to accept or acknowledge receipt of electronically-filed returns on any day the agency is shut down.
Well, I guess everyone hurts sometimes including the IRS.
1 comment:
If there is silver lining to the furlough, it may be that the IRS will be extending time for document requests such as administrative summonses, audit and collection related records.
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