Readers respond: Delayed forms start tax filing season

IRS opens 2026 filing season

CONTRIBUTED BY IRS  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2026 tax filing season last week and began accepting and processing federal individual income tax returns for tax year 2025. The IRS expects about 164 million individual tax returns for tax year 2025 to be filed ahead of the Wednesday, April 15, federal deadline. Taxpayers can find a range of tools and filing options on IRS.gov to help them prepare and file their returns. “…

Readers respond: Delayed forms start tax filing season

I appreciated all the useful information Aimee Green provided in her article on tax filing seasons, (“IRS tax filing season begins today. Expect confusion. Here’s what to know,” Jan. 26). One item not included, which would be helpful to many of us who do our own returns, involves where to obtain the booklets, instructions and forms. I recently learned the Internal Revenue Service is not a good source of these if one wants to follow the suggestio…