2025 Report Card and Filing Season Concerns
In her preface to the National Taxpayer Advocate’s 2025 Annual Report to Congress, Erin Collins expressed significant concern about the IRS’ ability to serve taxpayers in 2026. While acknowledging the successes of the 2025 filing season, she cautioned that “entering 2026, the landscape is markedly different.”
The 2025 filing season was relatively smooth for most taxpayers, with the IRS processing over 165 million individual returns and 63% of filers receiving an average refund of $3,167. However, despite this, the report found that millions of taxpayers faced substantial delays.
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