{"id":"SEC-12-027","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Internal Revenue Service","authority":"IRS operations authority; OMB M-20-16","instrument":"IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue (page as of Apr. 17, 2020)","title":"IRS operations page: Taxpayer Assistance Centers closed; Practitioner Priority Service closed; paper processing suspended","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"first posted 2020-03-20; the saved exhibit is the Wayback page capture of Apr. 17, 2020 (snapshot timestamp 20200417013611.","end":"TACs reopened by appointment from June 29, 2020; PPS resumed; backlogs continued into 2022","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["taxpayers","practitioners"],"clause":"assistance on telephones, processing paper tax returns and responding to correspondence are extremely limited or suspended until further notice. All Taxpayer Assistance Centers remain temporarily closed as are many volunteer tax preparation sites until further notice.... Practitioner Priority Service (PPS): Due to staff limitations the Practitioner Priority Service line is temporarily closed until further notice.","enforcement":"IRS operations","functions":["CT tax practice access to the Service","CB"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200417013611/https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-operations-during-covid-19-mission-critical-functions-continue","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":245167,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-027","citation":"Internal Revenue Service, IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue (page as of Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-027)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-12-GM-015","SEC-12-GM-076"]}