Reporter good evening. Right now im here at 10th street northwest and constitution avenue. You look here, these Police Officers are directing traffic blocking off the area to make sure no one drives down constitution avenue en route to the washington monument. Come with me over here before i show you some video. You can see this fire truck here. The area right down there, which is 13th, that is blocked off. So a lot of folks are packing their patience trying to avoid the irs building. Lets roll some video right now. Here is what happened. A transformer fire sparked in the basement. Now, a d. C. Fire and em s representative told us that he doesnt know if anyone was injured. Well, i have an update right now from the irs spokesperson, and he tolells me no one was injure. This is the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters building here and all of the employees inside were evacuated. Many of them decided to go home. Others i presume are standing around here because they have work to do, tryi
The IRS audited 197 low-income families for every high-wealth family in 2019, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a number that some experts expected to climb under an IRS turbocharged with more money and manpower. Over the.
IRS Commissioner: No Plans to Extend Tax-Filing Season Like Last Year
Americans shouldn’t expect another extended tax-filing season, according to testimony given by the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tuesday.
“We have no present plans to extend the filing season,” IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig told lawmakers in Washington.
“Keep in mind, it creates a lot of confusion for taxpayers. It also backs up the Internal Revenue Service. As many of you know, for over a month, we actually shut down our systems to import stuff from the prior year so we can have a smooth filing season in the succeeding year,” he added.