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Testimony: IRS Backlog and Tax Filing Season

On February 17, 2022, GAO’s Jessica Lucas-Judy testified before the U.S. Senate about the rise in IRS’s workload, and a backlog of millions of unprocessed tax returns.
Date: Apr 11, 2022
Runtime: 00:01:20
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Tax Filing: 2021 Performance Underscores Need for IRS to Address Persistent Challenges
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