Government Shutdown forcing delay in tax filing season

The Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that they will delay the processing of tax returns by as much as two weeks as they move to make up time  lost due to the 16-day government shutdown.  The change won't impact deadlines for taxpayers but is necessary to give the IRS time to program and test its tax processing systems.  The original start date of the tax filing season was Jan. 21. That's been moved back to no earlier than Jan. 28 and no later than Feb. 4.  Officials say the IRS is working to lessen the delay and said Tuesday that Any additional changes to the schedule will be announced in December.