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Refund delays
For those individuals who plan to, or have already filed a paper return, the IRS has warned that there will likely be delays.
The IRS stopped processing paper returns at the end of March as it began adjusting operations in order to keep employees safe and to comply with coronavirus-related social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines.
According to a recent report from National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins, the IRS had 20 million pieces of unopened mail as of May 16 – about half of which were paper returns. The agency estimated it had a backlog of about 4.7 million paper returns at that time.
The agency had only processed about 2.7 million paper returns as of May 22.
It is not clear when the IRS will resume processing paper returns, but it advised people not to file a second return if they have not yet received any response on their first. | |
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Tax Refund
