Last filing season an IRS tax examiner required roughly one hour to clear 70 returns. Now that number has more than doubled to about 200. The IRS is on pace to end 2022 without a backlog of original returns.

IRS making progress on backlog but millions remain unprocessed - CNBC

22‏/06‏/2022 — The IRS has also processed most of the 2022 filings — more than 143 million returns — and issued nearly 98 million refunds worth $298 ...

National Taxpayer Advocate issues midyear report to Congress - IRS

22‏/06‏/2022 — As of May 2022 the IRS had reduced the number of suspended returns to 5.4 million. The report credits the IRS with developing procedures to ...

What to Expect for Refunds This Year | Internal Revenue Service

18‏/07‏/2022 — The IRS issues more than 9 out of 10 refunds in less than 21 days. However its possible your tax return may require additional review and ...

IRS again faces backlog bringing refund delays for paper filers

22‏/06‏/2022 — The Internal Revenue Service has essentially been unable to process the paper 1040 returns that individuals filed in 2022 until its ...

IRS backlogs causing massive delays in processing returns - WSAZ

13‏/05‏/2022 — As of April 29 2022 we had 9.6 million unprocessed individual returns which include returns received before 2022 and new tax year 2021 ...

2022 Tax Refund Status How Long It Takes & How To Check - Annuity.org

Claiming these credits will slow down the processing of your return because of regulations designed to give the IRS time to deal with fraudulent returns.

IRS Paper Tax Return Backlog Delays Refund Checks - AARP

05‏/07‏/2022 — And so far in the 2022 tax-filing season the agency has received 73 million calls from taxpayers but have answered just 10 percent of those ...

After horrendous year for cash-strapped IRS taxpayers can ...

18‏/04‏/2022 — WASHINGTON – With the 2022 tax season coming to an end Monday U.S. taxpayers can expect more delays getting their refunds as the Internal ...

Taxpayers face unprecedented delays getting their refunds IRS ...

22‏/06‏/2022 — Because of how long paper returns take to process taxpayers who file paper returns requesting a refund in 2022 will have to wait five months ...