IRS delays tax deadline

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A 1040 federal income tax form Associated Press/Photo by Keith Srakocic (file)

Americans won’t need to finish their income tax paperwork this year until May 17. The IRS is pushing back the 2021 federal filing deadline from its traditional date of April 15.

Why? The agency has been behind schedule getting the tax season started and faces additional changes due to the latest COVID-19 relief package. “This extension is absolutely necessary to give Americans some needed flexibility in a time of unprecedented crisis,” a statement from members of the House Ways and Means Committee said. Last year, the IRS delayed the federal income tax deadline into July to give people more time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dig deeper: Read Harvest Prude’s report breaking down what’s in the latest COVID-19 relief package.

Rachel Lynn Aldrich

Rachel is a former assistant editor for WORLD Digital. She is a Patrick Henry College and World Journalism Institute graduate. Rachel resides with her husband in Wheaton, Ill.