With no government shutdown to deal with this year , the Internal Revenue Service kicked off the 2020 tax season today with relative ease. It began accepting and processing federal tax returns for tax year 2019.
There are no complications from holidays in Massachusetts and Washington D.C. this year either so the deadline for filing and payment is Wednesday, April 15. The IRS expects 150 million 1040s will be filed for 2019.
The IRS also predicts 90 percent of returns will be filed electronically.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind