IRS Says No Decision Yet On 2018 Filing Season Dates
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by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
No date has yet been set for the filing of individual tax returns in 2018, despite rumors to the contrary, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
In a statement on November 3, 2017, the agency confirmed that it is currently updating its programming and processing systems for the coming tax year, as well as continuing to monitor legislative changes that could affect the 2018 tax filing season.
These include the possible renewal of 36 “extender” tax provisions that expired at the end of 2016, which cover renewable energy tax incentives, a couple of homeowner provisions, and a variety of miscellaneous minor provisions including tax credits for electric vehicles, special expensing allowances for media productions, and employment tax credits for Native Americans.
“The IRS anticipates it will not be at a point to announce a filing season start date until later in the calendar year,” it said in a statement. “Speculation on the internet that the IRS will begin accepting tax returns on January 22 or after the Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday in January is inaccurate and misleading; no such date has been set.”