‘Most New Zealanders recognize the importance of paying tax and meet their tax obligations. Some, however, do not. Tax avoidance reduces the integrity of the tax system and erodes social capital. It is also fundamentally unfair, because it means that compliant...
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 IRS reopened on Monday 28 January. Call centre wait times, including the international calling number, are typically around 2 to 3 hours.
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,...
The well-publicized IRS partial shutdown is now into its fourth week. The successor to the 2018 non-filing season Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan, the 2018 filing season Lapsed Appropriations Contingency Plan (‘plan’) was released by the IRS a few...
After more than two weeks of hiatus, we have news that the IRS will commence processing 2018 tax returns on January 28, 2019. The IRS, the revenue agency of the US government, currently has 90% of its workforce on leave without pay. Tax Refunds In a departure from the...
