Well, my accountant isn't "any tax return company" and when she tells me that they received "official" word, I think I'll take her word for it.
In any case, doesn't matter to me. I don't base our yearly budget on when we get a tax refund. :) On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > They said on the news that was a scam by some tax return company that > prepared taxes but the folks never got the returns. They said the IRS > computers crashed, so the news called the IRS and they said no such > thing happened. > > . > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Is this why they are going to spend $320 million on a new system? Because > > the new system they just got is worthless? Or do I have the wrong > > governmental agency? > > > > Just got a notice from our accountant: > > > > TAX REFUNDS ARE DELAYED > > > > Over the past couple of years, the IRS has been in the process of > updating > > their computer systems. This year was supposed to be their first full > year > > in operation with the new systems. As with any computer changes, they > have > > been experiencing some technical difficulties from the very beginning. > We > > received official word on Saturday that the IRS is switching back to > their > > old system until they can work out the bugs. This means that tax refunds > > will not be getting out to you according to the original schedules. > They, > > of course, do not give any kind of timeline as to when they anticipate > full > > operations. Just be aware that your federal refund will take longer > > getting to you than normal. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
