Following the furlough of approximately 46% of employees at the IRS, the AICPA continues to advocate for contingency planning to mitigate disruptions and reiterates that the agency should exempt all its employees beyond the five days already authorized in its contingency plan.
“We continue to urge the IRS to exempt 100% of its employees for the duration of the shutdown,” the AICPA said. "Any shutdown can create greater backlogs for the IRS and hardships for taxpayers and practitioners. We will monitor this situation as more details are released and will consider additional actions such as requesting shutdown relief for taxpayers and their preparers as they try to comply with the tax law.”
To help tax practitioners navigate the ongoing government shutdown, the AICPA launched a new webpage to provide timely updates and resources related to the filing season.