2026 Filing Season: Preliminary Observations on IRS Performance
What GAO Found The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) overall processing performance during the 2026 filing season was similar to 2025. IRS processed about 98 percent of the 177 million individual and business returns that it received during the 2026 filing season—the same percentage as last year. However, according to IRS, unavailable processing systems and reduced staffing delayed paper return processing. IRS said the systems were not available due in part to recent staff losses that delayed programming updates. IRS sent about half of paper returns to outside vendors to scan and submit to IRS electronically, but paper return processing took longer than prior years. For example, on average,..
Reported by Maria Lopez2026 Filing Season: Preliminary Observations on IRS Performance.
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What GAO Found The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) overall processing performance during the 2026 filing season was similar to 2025.
IRS processed about 98 percent of the 177 million individual and business returns that it received during the 2026 filing season—the same percentage as last year.
However, according to IRS, unavailable processing systems and reduced staffing delayed paper return processing.
IRS said the systems were not available due in part to recent staff losses that delayed programming updates.
IRS sent about half of paper returns to outside vendors to scan and submit to IRS electronically, but paper return processing took longer than prior years.
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