Rettig says pandemic gave IRS ‘momentum’ to overhaul taxpayer services




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: The IRS, while gearing up for next year’s tax filing season, is still wrapping up the last one. The agency has millions of 2020 tax returns it still needs to sort out, plus those millions of pieces of mail that piled up while everyone was teleworking. The agency is also behind schedule on its latest IT modernization effort, the cost of which is now more than double what the agency first projected. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman had more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices