PMA echoes the lawmakers’ enthusiasm for providing high quality and effective taxpayer services. We are also equally concerned regarding the current state of the IRS. However, there is an apparent disconnect between Congressional demands and the IRS’s practical capacity to address them. This disconnect exacerbates inefficiencies and results in negative taxpayer experiences, as well as excessive burden on our members and their staff.
The Internal Revenue Service will kick off the 2022 tax-filing season in a state of crisis as it grapples with a backlog of millions of unprocessed returns from one of the “most challenging years” for the agency.
IR-2022-08, January 10, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation’s tax season will start on Monday, January 24, 2022, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2021 tax year returns.