Tax filing season delayed
Tax season delay By Chasity Maxie | January 18, 2021 at 7:40 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 7:40 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Those looking to get their taxes filed early this year will have to wait a little longer.
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that tax season is being pushed back a few weeks.
The IRS will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns on Friday, February 12th. That delay is because of the pandemic, and the push to get stimulus payments out quickly.
Tax filing season normally begins toward the end of January, but this year the IRS is dealing with tax law changes, which provided a second round of economic impact payments and other benefits.