IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue (page as of Apr. 17, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States

Level

Federal

Authority

IRS operations authority; OMB M-20-16

Issued

2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020

Effective

first posted 2020-03-20; the saved exhibit is the Wayback page capture of Apr. 17, 2020 (snapshot timestamp 20200417013611. (read as 2020-03-20)

End

TACs reopened by appointment from June 29, 2020; PPS resumed; backlogs continued into 2022 (read as 2020-09-30)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• taxpayers
• practitioners

Functions reached

• CT tax practice access to the Service
• CB

Collection

Professional and Information Services SEC-12

Operative words

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