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Shortages at the irs are creating a nightmare scenario here. every tax season is busy, but the irs says the backlog of inprocessed cases is, quote, several times worse that be past years. and centers can t keep up. the irs said it was unable to answer two-thirds of the calls it received last year. two-thirds of the calls they couldn t pick up. processing centers for paper tax returns also hampered by covid cases among staffers. the irs says it needs more money, the tax code is more complicated, the funding is the same. the biden administration wants $80 million more for the irs to hire staff and upgrade technology. that s part of build back better. that s, of course, currently stalled in congress. so what does it mean, brianna, for you and me this tax season? okay. re refund might be delayed so file early. the irs is accepting your tax returns starting january 24th. that s two weeks earlier than last year. it s moved up the beginning of tax season. ....
Using lawsuits. yeah, this idea of the inaction being the legal hook. super interesting, and also something, of course, that the january 6 committee has zeroed in on as well. kaitlan, thank you. we know you re going to be following it all. all right, a warning from the irs, folks. this tax season is going to be messy. it s a super complicated tax filing year with the covid relief, enhanced tax child credits. at the same time, staff shortages at the irs are creating a night mamare scenari. the backlog is worse than in several years. processing centers for paper tax returns are also hampered by covid cases among staffers. i told you about this great sickout, some 5 million people by one estimate, are isolating, can t work with 2% of the work force. that means irs workers. what does it mean for you? file early. the irs will accept your tax returns starting january 24th. be prepared. your refund might be delayed. if you file using paper forms, ....
Who s affected? an estimated 800,000 federal workers could be furloughed. u.s. troops would not be paid on time. processing of paper tax returns and refunds would stop. passport applications would be processed at a slower pace. national parks and museums will close. approval of small business loans will stop at sba, no new fha loans. the epa would cease monitoring pollution. no new clinical trials at nih. those are the people affected if the shutdown comes true, eliot. i also gather, tom, there will be a different impact in different states across the country. totally. different people, look at this. if you have the government shut down, who will goat paid? air traffic controllers, airport screening, border patrol, members of congress. i said earlier, this totally depends on where you live, what you do and who you are as to whether or not you re affected. if you are like somebody in a military family, this is a big deal for you if you work for the ....
We are waiting to hear from house speaker john boehner. he s going to be talking about the budget, if there s any deal. but right now we want to head to washington and our washington bureau and tom foreman. he s actually at the cnn shutdown desk to tell us what else closes, stops or slows down if the government shuts down. hi, tom. how you doing? this really is a question that everybody has. what s going to be the difference if you have this big shutdown. the government shutdown, who s affected. an estimated 800,000 federal workers could be furloughed. u.s. troops wouldn t be paid on time. processing of paper tax returns and refunds will stop. passport applications would go at a slower pace. national parks and museums would close. the park service actually says if you re camping in a park they re going to come tell you to pack up and get out. approval of small business loans will stop at the sba. no new fha loans. ....
The republican side are not calling it a government shutdown but a slowdown. to speak to that issue of how much of the government actually would continue to work under these circumstances. so very quickly before i let you go, just lay out who would work and who wouldn t? quick rundown. all the national parks of course would close. that s 393 national parks. it is 40% of the workforce furloughed. fha mortgages would stop. the irs would stop processing or at least greatly slow down processing paper tax returns. the majority of them are electronically filed now. those would continue to be processed. no more passports. military paychecks delayed, although troops obviously have to stay on the job. fha mortgage processing would stop. people in the housing industry are very worried about that. they are indeed. the housing market is a basket case so they think any shutdown could really hurt. pete williams, thank you so much. joining us now, the chairman of the senate budget committee, no ....