Each year, the National Taxpayer Advocate reports to Congress on how the IRS is performing—and where taxpayers continue to face challenges. The most recent reports, released in January and June 2026, show that while the IRS is handling a high volume of returns efficiently, issues still arise when matters become more complex, and there is
One week to the end of the 2020 tax season (May 17, 2021), the IRS backlogs keeps growing mainly driven by manual reviews and checks due to the unemployment benefits exclusion ($10,200), stimulus checks (rebate credit) that might not have reported accurately in the 2020 tax return, and other items such as Earned income credit.
In the last weeks, we noted a significant increase in the notices received by our clients as there seem to be a backlog in the tax authorities. In some cases, the system automatically sends out a notice even if the documents and support was already provided to the tax authorities almost a year ago. Address
