01/14/2019
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IRS Accepting Returns on January 28
Treasury also allowing IRS to issue tax refunds during shutdown
A late-day announcement confirms the IRS will begin accepting and processing individual tax returns for the 2019 tax return filing season on January 28.
As usual, returns will be due to the IRS on April 15, according to the IRS statement. The only exception is for those filers in the District of Columbia, Maine and Massachusetts will have until April 17 due to local holidays.
The IRS plans to release details on its operational plans in the coming days, but did report that a significant portion of its furloughed employees will be recalled.
Additionally, today the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget agreed the IRS can issue tax refunds during a prolonged government shutdown. However, the IRS cannot issue refunds claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) before mid-February, as outlined in the PATH Act.
The administration is trying to make the shutdown as “painless as possible consistent with the law,” Russell Vought, the acting OMB director, told reporters.