IRS Apologizes for Clogged Phones as Tax Filing Begins
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The Internal Revenue Service won’t be able to answer millions of phone calls from taxpayers this year, Commissioner John Koskinen said today.
The IRS said it answered 61 percent of calls that came in to customer service lines last year. Koskinen, who became commissioner in December, said he hoped the agency could reach 70 percent this year.