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Tax season outlook: ‘Miserable’

Funding cuts, new mandates, tax breaks to complicate tax time, IRS commissioner says.

April brings more than showers for many people. It’s tax season, and the Internal Revenue Service commissioner predicts it will be “miserable.” Big funding and staffing cuts, new mandates and the last-minute extension of several dozen tax breaks are making things complicated.

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