Posted: 10/01/2013 9:21 am
...Of the 94,516 active IRS employees (click here), 87,764 will be furloughed during the shutdown with a little more than 8,752 "essential" employees left to manage the critical operations.
You can still file your tax return and you can still expect a refund if you are due one. You can still mail a paper return, although that may take a little longer as real people will need to help process that tax return and that will be slowed down during the government shutdown. You still must pay your taxes on time if you owe them. If you owed and paid with a check, have no fear, it will be cashed as soon as they get it. Interest is still accruing on your unpaid balance during a government shutdown since the collection and processing of payments is not shutdown.
If you need help from the IRS, however, many support services will be curtailed or totally suspended. The automated electronic telephone support topics will still work as will Internet services on IRS.gov. However walk-in assistance centers and live telephone support hotlines will be suspended during the shutdown...
