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The agency said it is providing the relief because both lenders and the IRS need more time to comply with the new car loan interest reporting requirements added by H.R. 1.

The IRS published annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2026, in addition to changes to the standard deduction for tax year 2025.

In a message to employees posted on its website Wednesday, the IRS said most agency operations are closed. Employees had been kept on the job for five business days.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that Frank Bisignano, the commissioner of the Social Security Administration, will serve in the newly created role of CEO of the IRS.

With an Oct. 15 tax deadline looming for many and guidance needed on H.R. 1, the AICPA says it’s imperative that the IRS keep all employees on the job.

Critical staff stayed on the job for this year’s tax season, but that won’t be the case in 2026, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a new report.

The final regulations make minor clarifying changes to proposed regulations issued last year.

The proposed regulations were withdrawn in response to comments that criticized the proposed guidance, according to the IRS.

The IRS would use money from the Inflation Reduction Act to keep the agency’s over 74,000 employees working for the first five days of a potential government shutdown.

The IRS would use money from the Inflation Reduction Act to keep the agency’s over 74,000 employees working for the first five days of a potential government shutdown.