Stephen Dinan
Washington Times
October 24, 2013
The IRS said this week it is delaying the start of the tax filing season, leading Republicans to argue that the agency is putting its focus on implementing Obamacare at the expense of helping average taxpayers.
The IRS blamed the government shutdown, saying that when it furloughed 90 percent of its employees it lost too many work days to begin processing returns on time in January.
But House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said the IRS this year was able to begin processing returns on time despite major changes to tax laws in the “fiscal cliff” deal Congress and President Obama reached at the New Year. This year, there have been no major tax law changes, Mr. Camp said.
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