Some IRS Mail Being Returned to Taxpayers, Held by Post Office

Some mail being sent to the IRS is being returned to taxpayers as undeliverable because of office closures, according to tax practitioners and a government taxpayer advocate.

The returns are more common when the mail is sent to smaller IRS offices, Bridget Roberts, the deputy national taxpayer advocate at the Taxpayer Advocate Service, said Thursday. The organization is an independent arm of the IRS designed to help taxpayers resolve disputes with the agency.

“If that happens, keep those envelopes to prove that you mailed that information to the IRS timely,” Roberts said on a webcast hosted by the American Bar ...