filing date changed for 2020 tax returns

The IRS announced today that the opening date to begin filing your 2020 tax returns has been moved back to Friday, February 12th.  Here is a quick synopsis as why. “The Feb. 12 start date for individual tax return filers allows the IRS time to do additional programming and testing of IRS systems following the Dec. 27 tax law changes that provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments and other benefits. This programming work is critical to ensuring IRS systems run smoothly. If filing season were opened without the correct programming in place, then there could be a delay in [...]