Millions of U.S. taxpayers could face delays in having their tax returns processed by the IRS and in receiving their refunds, the nation's taxpayer advocate on Tuesday testified before Congress.
Erin Collins, the IRS' taxpayer advocate, attributed the looming delays to "unprecedented" backlogs of unprocessed returns from last year. That logjam has put the IRS in "a deep hole" to start the 2022 tax season, she told the House Ways and Means Committee.
"This past year has been the most challenging for taxpayers and tax practitioners I've ever experienced," she said. "Millions of taxpayers are still waiting for their refund from last year.... There are millions of tax returns and pieces of correspondence that the IRS received last year but could not process."
