IRS Gives Taxpayers an Extra Day to File After Computer Crash
- Agency says systems are working; Wednesday is new deadline
- Kautter says taxpayers won’t be penalized for IRS’s issues
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The Internal Revenue Service said it would give U.S. taxpayers an extra day to file their returns electronically after a computer malfunction disrupted the agency’s website.
The IRS said in a statement on Tuesday evening that its processing systems were back online, and that the new deadline was Wednesday.