No it’s not — but we hope we’ve caught your attention.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made the right decision, pushing back this year’s tax-filing deadline to May 17 from the usual April 15 date.
We believe the deadline push-back is appropriate, not only because of the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has dumped on the shoulders of millions of Americans but also because of how adversely the health emergency has affected the federal tax agency.
In early March, the IRS still had not finished its 2019 workload and reportedly was trying to resolve numerous erroneously issued notices.