Most of IRS to return to work, despite shutdown, to issue tax refunds

Published January 15, 2019 9:24pm ET



Much of the Internal Revenue Service’s staff will head back to work without pay, many to process taxpayer refunds as filing season approaches, despite a lapse in funding for the agency during the partial government shutdown, the agency announced Tuesday.

The IRS’s new plan is part of a Trump administration effort to minimize the disruptive effects of the shutdown.

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