According to the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) most recent newsletter, ”October 1st, which marks the beginning of FY14, is 18 days from now. The House was supposed to vote earlier this week on a continuing resolution that would allow non-essential portions of the federal government to continue operations. Spending bills originate in the House … and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is having difficulty … corralling his caucus.”

You need to be concerned because the IRS is not considered essential and and as such without a continuing resolution will for all intents and purposes be closed for business until it has been properly funded.

When this happened under Clinton, I believe they had a skeleton crew on staff to receive mail but that was about it. So if you have any business whatsoever with the IRS, particularly time sensitive business, you are best served getting to it ASAP as my guess is that this time around our federally elected officials will be unable to avoid a shutdown. This includes anything from audits, appeals, collections, liens, ITIN, OIC, PPIA, + DDIA, applications, wage garnish releases, etc.

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