WHO WE ARE
Erin Schlichting CPA—previously Schlichting Wixson CPAs—provides tax planning and consulting services for businesses and individuals in the United States. Erin Schlichting, based in Bellingham Washington, has more than 25 years of experience providing tax planning and strategy with clients. Our firm is familiar and experienced with the federal, state and local tax laws, and regulations that affect businesses and their owners in the following industries: doctors and dentists; manufacturing and distribution; and real estate investors and developers. Our firm works extensively with both businesses and individuals, helping them plan and prepare for some of the more complex tax and business issues.
IRS RESOURCE PAGE
To help taxpayers and tax professionals, the Internal Revenue Service today announced a special new page on IRS.gov to provide the latest details and information affecting the 2022 filing season and ongoing efforts by the agency to address the inventory of previously filed tax returns.
During this tax season, taxpayers face a number of issues due to critical tax law changes that took place in 2021 and ongoing challenges related to the pandemic. To raise awareness about these issues and provide people with the latest timely information, the IRS has created a special tax season web page. This page will provide people with a quick overview of information to help people filing tax returns as well as those who have previous year tax returns awaiting processing by the IRS.
“The IRS is taking numerous steps to keep this tax season going smoothly while also taking additional action to address the inventory of tax returns filed last year,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. “We’re off to a good start processing tax returns and issuing refunds. But we want people to have an easy way to see the latest information. This new page provides a one-stop shop for the latest key information people and the tax community may need.”
The “special tax season alerts” page will be available through the IRS.gov home page and shared through social media and other channels. The page will include the latest filing season updates. The page also includes links to important information related to ongoing efforts by the IRS to address the inventory of unprocessed tax returns filed before this year. This includes steps to stop more than a dozen common letters to taxpayers, and updates on IRS operations and the number of unprocessed tax returns.
“The combination of the pandemic, new tax laws and numerous other factors led to an unprecedented amount of unprocessed tax returns and correspondence remaining in the IRS inventory during 2021,” Rettig said. “We must continue pursuing innovative strategies while supporting the hard work and dedication of our employees to fulfill our commitment to return inventories to a healthy level before entering the 2023 filing season. These steps are making a difference. Refunds for tax returns and amended tax returns in the inventory continue to flow out to taxpayers.”
The IRS continues to urge taxpayers to carefully review their tax filings for accuracy and file electronically with direct deposit to speed refunds. Special tips are available in several places on IRS.gov, including these top 5 tips; basics on the 2022 tax season and IRS Tax Time Guide.
COVID-19 Update
With the ongoing spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) we are in unprecedented times. In the interest of community health, we have decided to close our physical office until further notice. Our staff will continue operations as normal, but all non-essential face to face meetings are on hold as we practice the recommended social distancing.
We will continue to work our regular business hours and can be reached via phone and email. In the meantime, if you are unable to scan and send your documents electronically, we ask that you call ahead before stopping by or mail in your documents for tax preparation.
Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any additional questions. The IRS COVID-19 web page is a great resource for all current information regarding U.S. filing. This often trails a day or so behind the news as the IRS determines the details of the most recent announcements.
Thank you for your understanding as we adapt our business operations to keep our clients and employees safe. We will continue to be transparent and update you as more information continues to unfold.