The tax filing season began on January 23 and the deadline for taxpayers is April 18 of this year. However, victims of natural disasters and overseas taxpayers have the ability to file later, and for California storm victims, they have until May 15.
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Kevin Moorehead, deputy commissioner of the IRS Wage and Investment Division, at a press conference hosted by Ethnic Media Services, called on the population to file their tax returns as soon as possible and electronically, in addition to requesting that the refunds be transferred directly to the taxpayers' bank account, since in this way the response time will be shorter.
And it is that the response times have been reduced considerably, since recently the Inflation Reduction Act put 80 billion dollars to hire at least 5 thousand telephone assistants and add? Throughout the country? more Taxpayer Assistance Centers and that in this way there is greater support for taxpayers to make their declaration.
Likewise, Moorehead pointed out that with these tools, more than 168 million individual tax returns are expected, while up to February 3, 8 million refunds had already been issued, which indicates that the level of response in relation to the returns tax will be higher than last year.
"I want to invite taxpayers to take advantage of the online tools and resources that are available at irs.gov at any time," he said, stressing that the portal indicates whether the taxpayer is eligible for EITC, a tax estimate, and a calculator sales tax deduction.
In addition, he indicated that the information is available in Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Haitian, and traditional and simplified Chinese.
It is essential to remember that taxpayers must ensure that they gather all the necessary tax documents to avoid delays in the process.
Moorehead also clarified that the reimbursements will be smaller this year, since the economic impact payments for the COVID-19 pandemic have already ended.
In her opportunity, Susan Simon, director of Customer Assistance, Relations and Education of the IRS, pointed out that there are volunteers through the organizations IRS / Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication and The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) ?SPEC and VITA , for its acronym in English, respectively?, which support families and individuals to file taxes and said that there are currently around 81 thousand in the United States and Puerto Rico.
“Each of these volunteers is trained by the IRS. They are certified and were put to the test. So they can be sure they are getting accurate information."
Taxpayers can find their nearest VITA center at irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep.
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