Shutdown Threatens to Hit IRS as Trump Touts Massive Tax Refunds

Taxpayers could face long waits for IRS responses to questions on a slew of complicated new tax changes this filing season, as odds of a partial government shutdown rose sharply in the wake of federal agents’ killing of a man in Minneapolis over the weekend.

Annual funding for the agency runs out after midnight Friday, at which point employees would be furloughed or required to work without pay as millions of taxpayers start to file returns due April 15. A shutdown would hit a beleaguered IRS already weathering leadership shakeups, staff cuts and changes to the tax code, and plunge ...