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Tax Tips & News: delays

Contractor Hired To Process NY State Tax Returns Made Mistakes & Cost Millions

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A recent review of New York State Industries For The Disabled–the contractor hired by New York State to process mail-in tax returns–revealed a tremendous amount of mistakes and excessive overtime that cost taxpayers Millions of dollars:

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Government Shutdown Delays Tax Filing Season

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Government Shutdown Closes IRS Centers

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IRS Offices Closed, But You Still Need To Pay!

With the failure of congress to pass a budget, 800,000 thousand workers face furloughs and a million more are working without pay.   The IRS is one of the agencies that will be closed with walk-in IRS centers shuttered and IRS Call centers closed:

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NY State Still Dealing With Refund Delays

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NY State Is Backlogged

“Where’s my refund”! Is a common cry from NY State residents these days, and according to the state for good reason. After using Bank Of America to process refunds for the last 18 years, BOA decided to get out of the tax business all together and did not renew their contract. So what was Albany to do? Outsource the job of course! These subcontractors and not-for-profit groups are backlogged with refund requests which is what is causing the delay for so many New...

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IRS Experiencing System Errors

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The IRS’ new “Modernized E-File Production (MeP) & Assurance Testing Systems” have been experiencing retrieval errors this past week.  The IRS issued the following statement on their website:

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H&R Block Files Client’s Tax Returns Early Delaying Refunds

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Certain H&R Block Client’s Refunds Are Delayed

H&R Block (HRB)–the largest public retail tax preparation company in the United States–has confirmed that they have filed many tax returns containing certain delayed credits too early, causing their clients refunds to be delayed. The primary issue is the Education Tax Credit which was not accepted for electronic filing until recently (February 22nd). This has prompted the IRS to send letters to HRB clients instead of their expected refunds....

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Software Glitches Still Causing IRS Refund Delays

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IRS Delaying Refunds

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s new software system for handling electronic tax returns has experienced problems during the tax filing season, angering some taxpayers whose refunds have been delayed.

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