Monday, December 27, 2010

Tax filing begins Mid-February for few Taxpayers

Tax filing that normally would start first or second week of January has been delayed this year. The delay is to update and program the tax breaks included in a compromise tax bill President Obama signed last week into the IRS tax system.

People claiming any of these three items — involving the state and local sales tax deduction, higher education tuition and fees deduction and educator expenses deduction as well as those taxpayers who itemize deductions on Form 1040 Schedule A — will need to wait to file their tax returns until tax processing systems are ready, which the IRS estimates will be in mid- to late February.

This delay means millions of taxpayers will have to wait longer to get their refunds next year.

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