Despite its efforts to curb the lasting effects of the COVID-pandemic, the IRS should do more to ensure taxpayers, practitioners and the agency itself aren’t bedeviled in 2023 by now-chronic delays, the AICPA said in a letter to IRS and Treasury officials on July 11.
The letter reiterates some points of recommendations the AICPA made previously on its own and as part of the Tax Professionals United for Taxpayer Relief Coalition, with other professional organizations and firms, earlier this year.
The AICPA’s letter applauded the IRS’ managing of newly enacted taxpayer relief provisions since 2020, such as economic impact payments and advance child tax credit payments, as it scrambled to adapt its workforce and methods to pandemic protocols.
But to lessen the risk that piled-up unprocessed returns and delays will persist into another frustrating tax season next year for taxpayers and practitioners, and rebuild trust, the IRS should undertake greater or realigned efforts, the AICPA said. See its recommendations.