
Don't panic if you got a scary IRS notice
CNN
Imagine having filed and paid your taxes on time, then months later you get a notice in the mail from the IRS suggesting you didn't. That's what's happening to many taxpayers this year thanks to automated notices being sent out from a backlogged IRS.
That's what's happening to many taxpayers this year thanks to automated notices being sent by the IRS.
But if you got one, don't panic. There's a fair chance the IRS simply hasn't seen what you already sent in. That's because it's dealing with a mountain of returns and correspondence that has built up over the past two years. During that time, the agency was called on to deliver several rounds of economic impact payments and other financial Covid-19 relief, while trying to protect its own workforce from Covid.

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