IRS announces 2026 tax season start
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IRS has announced that the 2026 filing season will begin January 26, when tax law changes enacted in 2025, including no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, take effect.
The BARCODE Efficiency Act is a companion to 2025 Senate legislation requiring scannable code on paper forms and the use of optical character recognition tech.
The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season