Today is Tax Day and the IRS is promoting the customer service improvements the agency rolled out since receiving tens of billions in new funding dollars through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.
FILE - The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, on March 22, 2013. The IRS is promoting the improvements its made to its customer service since its received tens of billions in new funds through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. Agency leadership is trying to bring attention to what’s been done to repair the agency’s image as an outdated and maligned tax collector. Monday, April 15, 2024, is the last day to submit tax returns or to file an extension.
“This filing season, the IRS has built off past successes and reached new milestones,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on a Friday call with reporters. “It’s showing that when it has the resources it needs, it will provide taxpayers the service they deserve.” For most people, April 15 is the last day to submit tax returns or to file an extension and the IRS says it has received more thanThe IRS says call wait times have been cut down to three minutes this tax season, compared with the average 28 minutes in 2022. That has saved taxpayers 1.4 million hours of hold time and the agency has answered 3 million more calls compared with the same time frame.
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