The Internal Revenue Service had expected to remain open for business despite a government shutdown but has now released a contingency plan showing that up to two-thirds of its 90,000 employees will be furloughed if the government halt starts Sunday.
The IRS had hoped to remain open and funded by the $80 billion boost through the Inflation Reduction Act, but has received late guidance from the Office of Management and Budget this week that it could not cover its workers' salaries during the shutdown President Joe Biden's legislation, reports The Washington Post.
"Taxpayers would be completely unable to contact most IRS employees during the shutdown," according to Charles Rettig, the IRS commissioner during the Trump administration and the first years of the Biden administration. The IRS had already been bracing for a higher number of delayed returns by the Oct. 16 late-filing deadline, after taxpayers in California had their deadline extended without penalty after the state's weather events.
The American Institute of CPAs is urging the IRS to rethink its furloughs and warned a shutdown will delay the processing of late returns, including a Nov. 15 deadline for tax-exempt organizations.
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