The Internal Revenue Service reopened on Monday, January 28, 2019, after a 35-day shutdown. This includes call centre phone lines. However, long wait times are inevitable.
The Tax Court case of Virginia-based taxpayers Toso & Salman tested several US tax principles which affect all US citizens and residents[1]. Those principles include the statute of limitations, the definition of ‘gross income’, and the ability to offset...
The IRS reopened on Monday 28 January. Call centre wait times, including the international calling number, are typically around 2 to 3 hours.
It is not hard to deduce that the effects of the partial US government shutdown, on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are acute. Predictions vary as to how long it will take for the agency to rehabilitate; this is expected to be at least a year. The American...
Reactivation of IRS functions should, in the absence of any information to the contrary, begin to occur next week. This advice came amid Friday’s news that the US government shutdown was over, at least for three weeks. In order for this to occur,...
