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Tax pros weigh in on how the IRS tax filing season is going
- As tax season peaks ahead of April 15, financial stress affects around 77% of U.S. adults and 46% say tax season is their most stressful financial moment, with clinicians offering coping strategies.
- Experts say tax season forces people to confront their finances, as confusing tax documents and fear of audits trigger anxiety, especially for freelancers and small business owners, Khanna and Reis say.
- Symptoms experts list include procrastination, catastrophic thinking, irritability, sleep disruption and physical signs like chest tightness and headaches; practical filing tactics include breaking work into micro-steps such as gathering receipts, collecting W‑2s and completing one section at a time.
- If anxiety becomes intense with panic attacks or physical symptoms, experts recommend consulting mental health therapists; volunteer tax preparers assist locally from February 24 to May 1, 2026 at Pensioners Concerned at the Bayview Mall.
- Get professional or digital support by working with CPAs or using digital filing platforms and apps like Keeper, which help taxpayers plan early throughout the year and reduce chaos next year.
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is operating with approximately 27% fewer employees this tax return season than last year. It is important to remember that in the month of July it entered...
Tax pros weigh in on how the IRS tax filing season is going
The IRS is operating with roughly 27% fewer employees this tax filing season than it did last year. And, last July, a major new tax law took effect, containing many new provisions affecting individuals for tax year 2025.
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