So, early tax filers who are a due a refund can often see them as early as mid or late February. If major new tax legislation is passed at the end of the year, however, this could push the start of tax season back by a week or two. Traditionally (meaning pre-Covid), the IRS starts accepting tax returns during the last week of January. Depending on when a taxpayer files, they can often receive their tax refund payments (check or direct deposit) within only 2-3 weeks. ( Why not April 15? Emancipation Day.) The good news is that the federal and state income tax returns filing process should be closer to normal, as well.

In other words… be ready to have your taxes filed (or an automatic extension filed) by Monday, April 18, 2022. Covid-19 will still be a concern, several stimulus tax laws will still be challenging for some filers, and new tax laws may very well be created between now and then that add more complexity.īut the income tax filing process will likely be closer to normal than either 2020 or 2021 were, which both had extended filing deadlines due to closures of IRS offices, the tax courts, and IRS and tax firm staff being new to remote working. Will the 2022 tax filing season be normal? According to tax attorney Ken Berry, it’s not likely that when Spring 2022 comes around that everything will be like it was in 2019 or before.

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