IRS extends the U.S. filing deadline for individuals to May 17. The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced on March 17 that the U.S. federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.
Then in 1909, Congress passed the 16th Amendment, which allowed the federal government to tax individual personal income regardless of state population. The required number of states ratified the amendment in 1913, and Americans have been required to pay federal income taxes ever since.
Note: Quarterly estimated taxes for the 2021 tax year are still due on April 15th, 2021. As of April 2, the IRS had received 93.2 million returns, had processed 83.7 million returns, and had issued 62.3 million tax refunds, averaging $2,893 each, according to the latest 2021 filing season statistics.
A review by the IRS means that taxpayers will wait longer for refund cash for many 2020 tax returns. H&R Block notes on its website: "If your return meets these criteria, the IRS will manually review your return, and it may take an additional 10 to 14 business days to receive your refund."
It is part of the Department of the Treasury and led by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed to a five-year term by the President of the United States.
In 2019, about 46.6 percent of U.S. households with an income between 40,000 and 50,000 U.S. dollars paid no income taxes.
The government requires money to carry on its business and if it wasn't collecting dollars via taxes, it would have to create them by borrowing or by printing them. So the government would continue to spend money into the economy but would no longer be removing it.
Due to Covid causing a shortage of IRS agents, the IRS has a backlog of returns and there is a lot of traffic on their website. This causes the website to slow down and this can cause the status bar to disappear.
If you didn't get your first or second stimulus check, don't worry — you can still claim the payment in 2021 as a tax credit. The stimulus checks are a federal tax credit for the 2020 tax year, known as the Recovery Rebate Credit. You can claim the Recovery Rebate Credit by filing your taxes in 2021 for Tax Year 2020.
"Being processed", means the IRS must first process your return and then approve your refund. Even though the IRS issues most refunds in less than 21 days after they receive your tax return, it's possible your tax return may require additional review and take longer.
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