Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    Shutdown Squeezes IRS Workers Just As The Tax-Filing Season Is About To Start

    Tax season is more stressful this year for filers and IRS workers alike, because of tax law changes and the partial government shutdown that has left the agency with roughly half its normal staff.
    by Yuki Noguchi Jan 23, 2019 3 minutes
    Tax season is more stressful this year for filers and IRS workers alike, because of new tax law changes and the partial government shutdown that has left the agency with roughly half its normal staff.

    Even in a normal year, taxes can be complicated and stressful — for taxpayers and IRS workers alike. But this year is shaping up to be worse than usual.

    The IRS starts processing returns on Monday, implementing big changes in tax law while having to run on half the staff because of the ongoing government shutdown.

    Last week, the IRS ordered about 30,000 furloughed workers back to work without pay. Priscilla Clowers

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR2 min read
    Gaza Solidarity Protests Sweep U.S. Colleges; SCOTUS Tackles Starbucks Union Case
    Tensions are high as campus protests over the war in Gaza stretch across the U.S. The Supreme Court will hear a case about pro-union Starbucks employees.
    NPR7 min readWorld
    Pro-Palestinian Encampments And Protests Spread On College Campuses Across The U.S.
    After dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Columbia, Yale and NYU, students at colleges from Massachusetts to Minnesota to California are erecting encampments in solidarity.
    NPR6 min read
    A Hunk Of Space Junk Crashed Through A Florida Man's Roof. Who Should Pay To Fix It?
    "It was not like anything I had ever seen before," Alejandro Otero says. It turned out his home was hit by debris from the International Space Station that had been circling the Earth for three years.

    Related Books & Audiobooks