Backlog and severe understaffing at IRS portend delays this tax season: "It's a huge headache"
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The 2022 tax season crunch has officially begun, and Lori Reed, a small business owner from Fairfax, Virginia, is already at wit's end. "It's a huge headache," she said.
Until just days ago, she was working to remedy an issue with her 2019 taxes, trying to track down a refund check. She and her accountant said calls to reach an IRS agent for help often landed them on hold for hours.
"It's an enormous hassle, and I think when you own a small business and you're trying to keep life running, you have this sort of burden, knowing that there's unfinished business," Reed told CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane.

The peace and tranquility of Muir Woods, just north of San Francisco – home to 500+ acres of old-growth redwoods – make it just about the last place you'd expect to find a fight brewing. "The fact that they're taking down whole groups of signs about climate change and our nation's history is disappointing, and embarrassing," said retired U.S. Park Ranger Lucy Scott In:

We share our planet with maybe 10 million species of plants, animals, birds, fish, fungi and bugs. And to help identify them, millions of people are using a free phone app. "Currently we have about six million people using the platform every month," said Scott Loarie, the executive director of iNaturalist, a nonprofit.











