Summary: The IRS faces a considerable backlog of 24 million tax returns from businesses and individuals, on top of new responsibilities Congress dropped on the agency in the middle of this year’s filing season. IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig says that backlog led the agency to push this year’s filing season deadline back to May 17. But the new deadline also adds new challenges for an agency that’s spread thin. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more.
