{"id":14973,"date":"2025-01-22T11:22:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.40.31.108\/?p=14973"},"modified":"2025-02-07T19:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:47:33","slug":"irs-announces-jan-27-start-to-2025-tax-filing-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/irs-announces-jan-27-start-to-2025-tax-filing-season\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS announces Jan. 27 start to 2025 tax filing season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14999\" src=\"\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Enero-27-1-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/>Jan. 27 start to 2025 tax filing season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation\u2019s 2025 tax season will start on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will feature expanded and enhanced tools to help taxpayers as a result of the agency\u2019s historic modernization efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the Tuesday, April 15 federal deadline. More than half of all tax returns are expected to be filed this year with the help of a tax professional, and the IRS urges people to use a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-take-care-when-choosing-a-tax-return-professional\">trusted tax pro<\/a>\u00a0to avoid potential scams and schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 tax filing season will reflect continued IRS progress to modernize and add new tools and features to help taxpayers. Since last tax season, the improvements include more access to tax account information from text and voice virtual assistants, expanded features on the IRS Individual Online Account, more access to dozens of tax forms through cell phones and tablets and expanded alerts for scams and schemes that threaten taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS is also working to continue the success of the 2023 and 2024 tax filing seasons made possible with additional resources. The past two filing seasons saw levels of service at roughly 85% and wait times averaging less than 5 minutes on the main phone lines, as well as significant increases in the number of taxpayers served at Taxpayer Assistance Centers across the country.\u00a0Based the on IRS\u2019 current plan and funding levels, the agency will work to provide similar levels of performance on these key service metrics in the upcoming filing season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been a historic period of improvement for the IRS, and people will see additional tools and features to help them with filing their taxes this tax season,\u201d said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. \u201cThese taxpayer-focused improvements we\u2019ve done so far are important, but they are just the beginning of what the IRS needs to do. More can be done with continued investment in the nation\u2019s tax system.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Highlights of other IRS changes to help taxpayers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As part of ongoing IRS improvement efforts, the agency is working to build on the success of the 2023 and 2024 filing seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS is once again working to provide taxpayers expanded help in-person through more hours at Taxpayer Assistance Centers nationwide. The IRS also will be focused on continuing high levels of service on its main taxpayer phone lines, with a goal of up to 85% level of service.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS also continues to urge taxpayers to visit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/choosing-a-tax-professional\">trusted tax professional<\/a>\u00a0for help with their taxes or visit IRS.gov first. As part of IRS improvement efforts since 2022, the agency continues to add and expand a variety of online tools and services to help people with their taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Included among the improvements taxpayers will see during the 2025 filing season are:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>IRS Individual Online Account<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The IRS continues to add more functionality to this important tool. Individuals can create or access their IRS Online Account at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/payments\/online-account-for-individuals\">Online account for individuals<\/a>. With an IRS Online Account, people can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View key details from their most recent tax return, such as adjusted gross income.<\/li>\n<li>Request an Identity Protection PIN.<\/li>\n<li>Get account transcripts to include wage and income records.<\/li>\n<li>Sign tax forms like powers of attorney or tax information authorizations.<\/li>\n<li>View and edit language preferences and alternative media.<\/li>\n<li>Receive and view over 200 IRS electronic notices.<\/li>\n<li>View, make and cancel payments.<\/li>\n<li>Set up or change payment plans and check their balance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>New scam alert available on individual Online Account<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To help protect taxpayers against emerging threats, there\u2019s a new banner on the Online Account homepage that alerts taxpayers of potential scams and schemes, along with a link to their Digital Notices and Letters page to view correspondence sent to them from the IRS. The feature helps to educate taxpayers on common scams and fraudulent efforts to steal taxpayer information and provide taxpayers with more ability to validate the legitimacy of IRS communications.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Redesigned notices<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The IRS successfully redesigned 284 notices in 2024, exceeding the agency\u2019s 200 notice goal. It is important to note that 200 notices were redesigned and deployed in 2024 and that the 84 additional redesigned notices are in line to be deployed in 2025. All notices will be added to Individual Online Account so taxpayers receiving a specific letter can see them.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mobile-adaptive tax forms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Taxpayers can now access 67 forms on cell phones and tablets. The most recent forms feature \u201csave and draft\u201d capabilities, which allow the taxpayer to start a form, save it and return to it later. The addition of save and draft allows for future capabilities, including the ability for multiple spouses to sign a form.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Virtual assistants to help with refunds, others questions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whether a taxpayer uses an online tool or calls the IRS, they will experience upgraded help features. During filing season 2025, the IRS will offer voicebot services to all taxpayers calling the IRS for refund information. The voicebot is available in English and Spanish and has helped thousands of callers without the need to wait for the next available representative. Taxpayers will have to authenticate their identity to gain access to their refund information by providing select information from their tax return.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the IRS began using online chatbots for various functions. These chatbots use either guided help through choice buttons or an open text box for a customized question. The chatbots use natural language processing and understanding to interpret the input from the taxpayer to provide an appropriate response. To launch the chatbot, the taxpayer simply clicks on the \u201cChat\u201d button in the lower right corner of the webpage. Currently taxpayers can use chatbots from eight webpages.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Taxpayers should check Where\u2019s My Refund? on IRS.gov<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most refunds are issued in less than 21 calendar days. Taxpayers can use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/wheres-my-refund\">Where&#8217;s My Refund?<\/a>\u00a0to check the status of their 2024 income tax refund. Refund information is normally available after four weeks for taxpayers who filed a paper return. Information on Where&#8217;s My Refund? will update overnight so there is no need to check the tool more than once a day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Choose a trusted tax professional<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>More than half of taxpayers turn to a tax professional for help filing a tax return. While most tax preparers deliver exceptional and professional service, selecting the wrong preparer can lead to financial harm.<\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers should review the\u00a0tips for choosing a tax preparer\u00a0and learn how to avoid unethical \u201cghost\u201d return preparers. Taxpayers can also use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irs.treasury.gov\/rpo\/rpo.jsf\">IRS Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers with Credentials and Select Qualifications<\/a>\u00a0to find trusted professionals. The IRS also reminds taxpayers that choosing someone affiliated with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/irs-tax-pro-association-partners\">recognized national tax association<\/a>\u00a0is always a good option.<\/p>\n<p>Tax professionals accepted into the IRS electronic filing program are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/e-file-providers\/authorized-irs-e-file-provider-locator-service-for-tax-professionals\">authorized IRS e-file providers<\/a>, qualified to prepare, transmit and process electronically filed tax returns.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any further questions, pleas do not hesitate to contact us <strong><a href=\"..\/\">US Tax Consultants.es<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IRS announced that the nation\u2019s 2025 tax season will start on Jan. 27, 2025, and will feature expanded and enhanced tools to help taxpayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irs","category-us-tax-return-1040-1040nr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustaxconsultants.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}