The filing window is shorter this year and there are many changes.
The IRS also announced that all first and second stimulus checks have been sent, so if you didn t receive your stimulus payments or received a partial payment, you will still have to claim them on your 2020 tax return.
Host Joe Torres speaks with Alberto Ortiz from ATAX, a full-service national tax preparation and business services franchise, which serves its clients in English and Espanol.
Ortizoffers some helpful tips for filing this year and what changes to look out for.
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Neal is chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, and Pascrell is chairman of the panel s oversight subcommittee.
The IRS started this year s filing season later than usual, but the deadline to file returns remains the traditional April 15 due date.
A news release from the Ways and Means Committee said that as of the end of February, the number of tax returns received was down by almost 25 percent compared to the same period last year, and that the IRS is only answering about 27 percent of telephone calls.
“We stand in the midst of the most important tax filing season in recent memory, and taxpayers cannot get the help they need from the IRS,” Neal and Pascrell said.
The tax-filing season is now underway after a delayed start, and it’s expected to bring challenges and confusion as taxpayers and the IRS navigate pandemic-related issues, including some pertaining to stimulus checks.
Tax filing season officially underway
Tax filing season officially underway By Colin Baillie | February 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM CST - Updated February 12 at 5:18 PM
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Itâs the start of Tax Filing Season and the pandemic has changed a lot of things including tax returns.
It has also prompted a lot of questions from filers.
Madison Mueller is a tax accountant in Carbondale with Janice Burns Payne and Associates LLC. She said stimulus payments you received in 2020 and even possibly in 2021 are not included in your taxable income.
She said to pay attention to the stimulus payment guidelines.
âHowever based on your 2020 income tax return you might be eligible to receive more if you were somebody who didnât receive the full payment,â said Mueller.