“WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation’s tax season will start on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns.
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.” Stated in this news release, the IRS will begin to accept tax returns for the 2020 tax year. As well, their website offers some things to help you file your own returns on irs.gov and how to avoid “tax scams”. Choosing a qualified tax preparer leads to fewer mistakes and Amended returns which delay refunds. It is recommended that professionals attend IRS continuing education seminars each year and we at Burman Tax and Accounting participate in continuing education as well.