National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, who will retire on July 31, 2019, recently released her final report to Congress, summarizing the 2019 filing season and identifying objectives for FY 2020. Top on her list of goals is the improvement of services to taxpayers, with a move towards a "taxpayer-centric strategy" designed to reduce anxiety and increase trust in our federal tax system.
Nina Olson Releases Final Report to Congress as National Taxpayer Advocate
TIGTA Releases Interim Report on 2019 Filing Season
The Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently released its interim report on the 2019 federal tax filing season. As of March 1, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had received over 59 million tax returns and issued approximately $142 billion in refunds on over 46 million of those returns. A vast majority - 95 percent - of filers e-filed their returns this season.
IRS Reopens Just In Time To Kick Off 2019 Tax Filing Season
Employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) returned to work just in time for the 2019 tax-filing season to begin. By mid-day Monday, several million tax returns had already been received for processing, and the IRS expects about 150 million individual tax returns by the April 15th deadline. As a reminder, a new Form 1040 is being used for tax year 2018. Details about this change and other information for the 2019 federal filing season can be found here.
2018 Federal Tax Filing Season Opens January 29
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the federal tax filing season will begin on Monday, January 29, 2018. The deadline for individual tax returns will be Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
FTB Releases Data on 2017 Filing Season
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently released an update on the current state tax filing season. The number of personal returns that were e-filed in 2017 increased by one percentage point as compared to 2016 (88% in 2017, and 87% in 2016). Some 133,400 people used CalFile to file returns this year, and 95% of CalFile users found that the program was easy to use and understand.
