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2014 Tax Season to Start Later Following Government Closure; IRS Sees Heavy Demand As Operations Resume
Update Dec. 18, 2013 — See news release IR-2013-100 for the most recent information.
IR-2013-82, Oct. 22, 2013 Â
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a delay of
approximately one to two weeks to the start of the 2014 filing season to
allow adequate time to program and test tax processing systems
following the 16-day federal government closure.Â
The IRS is exploring options to shorten the expected delay and will
announce a final decision on the start of the 2014 filing season in
December, Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said. The original start
date of the 2014 filing season was Jan. 21, and with a one- to two-week
delay, the IRS would start accepting and processing 2013 individual tax
returns no earlier than Jan. 28 and no later than Feb. 4. I just pulled this off the IRS website... Boy they need to get their s#$% together. 4951