IRS Moving Forward With Fresno Facility Closure Amid Backlogs

July 15, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

The IRS is proceeding with the planned closure of a large tax return processing site in California at the end of September despite the agency’s struggle to sift through backlogs caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The looming closure of the Fresno site, announced in 2016, is part of a broader plan initiated more than a decade ago to consolidate the number of facilities processing paper tax returns down to two by the end of fiscal year 2024.

While about 90% of people now file their tax returns electronically, the closure of the Fresno site comes as the IRS is ...

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