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IRS Tax Filing Season 2024: What You Need to Know

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Discover the latest updates from the IRS for the 2024 tax filing season, including bigger refunds and improved services!

The IRS has delivered a robust 2024 tax filing season, with significant improvements in services for taxpayers. The filing season report card shows impressive progress: an 88% level of service, reduced call wait times to just 3 minutes, and the answering of 1 million more calls compared to last year. Moreover, taxpayers have saved 1.4 million thanks to these enhancements. The Treasury and IRS have issued FAQs to address common tax queries and provide clarity on tax treatments.

In a recent hearing, Senator Mike Crapo praised the IRS for its FY 2025 budget and highlighted the agency's accomplishments in the 2024 filing season. Tax refunds are expected to be larger and distributed sooner this season, bringing relief to two out of three taxpayers who will receive an average refund of $3,011, $123 more than the previous year.

Additionally, the IRS has updated millions of taxpayers post Tax Day, thanks to funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. Despite some positive changes, the agency's reputation still faces criticism as it expands in-house tax preparation services, potentially impacting private tax preparers.

As taxpayers navigate the tax season, memories of past grievances with the IRS resurface. In 1992, some individuals found a way to

IRS delivers strong 2024 tax filing season; expands services for ... (IRS)

IR-2024-109, April 15, 2024 — With the April tax filing deadline here, the Internal Revenue Service highlighted a variety of improvements that dramatically ...

Crapo Statement at Hearing on IRS FY 2025 Budget and 2024 Filing ... (Hearing | Hearings | The United States Senate Committee on Finance)

Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the Internal Revenue ...

Filing Season 2024 Report Card: IRS Builds On 2023 Progress ... (Treasury)

IRS Achieved 88% Level of Service, Cut Call Wait Times to 3 Minutes, Answered 1 Million More Calls Than Filing Season 2023, Saved Taxpayers 1.4 Million ...

Treasury, IRS issue frequently asked questions related to the tax ... (IRS)

IR-2024-110, April 16, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service today issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) in Fact Sheet 2024-13 related to the tax treatment ...

IRS 2024 Tax Filing Season; Expands Services on Phones, In ... (Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting)

The IRS highlighted a variety of improvements that expanded service for millions of taxpayers during the 2024 filing season.

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Tax refunds to be bigger and come sooner this season, IRS says ... (Austin American-Statesman)

Two out of three taxpayers will receive a 2023 tax refund, IRS says. Average filer will get $3011, $123 more than last year.

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IRS Updates Millions of Taxpayers After Tax Day (Newsweek)

Additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act has improved some IRS services, the government agency has said.

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Today's Tax Day: Why IRS refunds may be a bit bigger (The Associated Press)

According to the latest IRS statistics, the average income tax refund so far this season is $3011, up $123 from last year.

The IRS Continues to Live Down to its Reputation (The WasteWatcher)

As the agency seeks to take away business from private tax preparers by expanding its in-house tax preparation service, subject taxpayers to further collection ...

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Would you 'stick it to the IRS?' Taxpayers got 'revenge' on tax ... (WDSU New Orleans)

April 15 is Tax Day and many people are frustrated when they owe the government money. In 1992, some taxpayers were able to relieve their frustrations by ...

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The IRS is quicker to answer the phone on this Tax Day (ABC News)

According to the latest IRS statistics, the average income tax refund so far this season is $3,011, up $123 from last year. Two out of three taxpayers expect to ...

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IRS acusa a preparador de impuestos de El Bronx conocido como ... (Telemundo New York)

Los fiscales federales dijeron que el hombre de 60 años participó en un plan para presentar miles de declaraciones de impuestos falsas durante más de 10...

IRS Issues Details on Tax Treatment of Work-Life Referral Plans (Bloomberg Tax)

The IRS issued frequently asked questions and answers on the tax treatment of employer-provided work-from-home referral services under a work-life program.

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Grassley Presses Werfel to Listen to IRS Whistleblowers after ... (Senator Chuck Grassley)

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before Senate Finance Committee · WASHINGTON · VIDEO · Werfel characterized Grassley's concern as a “very high priority.”.

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Importance of IRS Whistleblowers Highlighted Ahead of Tax Day (Whistleblowers Protection Blog)

Leading up to Tax Day on April 15, whistleblower advocates and a member of Congress spoke about the importance of whistleblowers in effective tax ...

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Tax refunds are bigger, but fewer people are getting them (Axios)

The average income tax refund is higher than last year before the final stretch of tax season, IRS data shows.

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