Filing Season for 2025 Returns Starting Date

The IRS has announced that it will begin accepting 2025 Income Tax returns on January 26, 2026. It might be a bit of a rough ride. I don’t have the impression that the IRS is functioning well at all. On the surface, it’s okay, but once you scratch that surface, you’re likely to find yourself dropped on Mars by one of Elon’s taxpayer-paid-for toys.

CT has announced the same starting date. Other states may/may not begin then, but those of you in other states typically file later in the season anyway. If you want to file earlier, shoot me a text or email, and I’ll let you know, but once we’re into that last week of January, it’s rare for any state not to be accepting returns. Your portals are always available year-round, so please feel free to upload data as soon as you receive it. If you have any questions, please call or email. The old office number is so buried in spam calls that it’s unusable. Call or text my personal cell. That’s the number starting with the area code, then “4,” and ending in “6”.

One new thing to keep in mind is that the IRS wants everything done electronically. It wants to be paid and pay you electronically, so we will be incorporating banking info into the returns this year, unless your balance is zero. I’ve only had that happen once in my years of doing taxes.

Okay . . . I’ll do what I can to keep it from getting too taxing.