After the Shutdown, the new tax season starts late

There are plans to delay the new tax-filling season with a week or two because of the government shutdown - this was revealed by the Internal Revenue Service in official statement. The final decision will be made in December, but for now the plans are to start accepting returns between 28th of January and 4th of February 2014.

Note that this tax season also included a delay – from 22th of January to 30th or 8 days altogether, so it might come out to be a second year in a row with delayed start.

The acting commissioner from IRS, Mr. Daniel I. Werfel said that “Readying our systems to handle the tax season is an intricate, detailed process, and we must take the time to get it right.” There won't be any changes about the filing deadline for your tax returns from 2013, it will be as usual April 15th.