calendar year 20 to for now, millions of americans are still waiting for the irs to process past claims redick acknowledge that needs to change a successful, fully functioning. irs is important to the continued. >> success of the country ready reassure lawmakers with the irs is plan to catch up on the backlog caused by the pandemic. >> by hiring thousands of irs employees over the next year. why did it take so long to come up with a plan? >> we've had this planned since we entered the pandemic, obviously that we know pandemic playbook. reddick says the slow federal hiring system also delayed relief. >> but new direct hiring authority will dramatically speed up the time it takes to bring to 45 days? we should be able to on board and he says because paper renurns take much longer to process. everyone can help by using quicker methods. one thing congress can do to help us is to have people continue to file returns electronically. the current tax filing season ends on april 18th reporting in washington. i'm basil johns. well, for your money for the first time since may 2019 mortgage rate surpassed

calendar year 20 to for now, millions of americans are still waiting for the irs to process past claims redickedge that needs to change a successful, fully functioning. irs is important to the continued. >> success of the country ready reassure lawmakers with the irs is plan to catch up on the backlog caused by the pandemic. >> by hiring thousands of irs employees over the next year. why did it take so long to come up with a plan? >> we've had this planned since we entered the pandemic, obviously that we know pandemic playbook. reddick says the slow federal hiring system also delayed relief. >> but new direct hiring authority will dramatically speed up the time it takes to bring to 45 days? we should be able to on board and he says because people returns take much longer to process. everyone can help by using quicker methods. one thing congress can do to help us is to have people continue to file returns electronically. the current tax filing season ends on april 18th reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. all right, lawrence is here to take us home. yeah, getting ready for the weekend. and

calendar year 20 to for now, millions of americans are still waiting for the irs to process past claims redickto change a successful, fully functioning. irs is important to the continued. >> success of the country ready reassure lawmakers with the irs is plan to catch up on the backlog caused by the pandemic. >> by hiring thousands of irs employees over the next year. why did it take so long to come up with a plan? >> we've had this planned since we entered the pandemic, obviously that we know pandemic playbook. reddick says the slow federal hiring system also delayed relief. >> but new direct hiring authority will dramatically speed up the time it takes to bring to 45 days? we should be able to on board and he says because people returns take much longer to process. everyone can help by using quicker methods. one thing congress can do to help us is to have people continue to file returns electronically. the current tax filing season ends on april 18th reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. for you i wish many things... to see all the world can be. but most of all... i wish you'll never sto

and with that, i will now turn to the important topic of today's hearing with irs commissioner redick on the 2022 filing season. i shall deliver my opening statement. welcome everybody. the subcommittee on oversight meets today to review the 2022 tax return filing season and the overall operations of the internal revenue service. i would now like to welcome our witness, irs commissioner charles rettig. chairman pasquale regrets he couldn't attend today and asked me to serve as chair this morning. he wanted the subcommittee to hold this hearing today because it is essential that we ensure the irs makes this a successful tax season for all taxpayers. he has submitted a statement for the record, and without objection, it is entered into that record. mr. rettig, thank you very much for appearing today. we know this is a very busy time for you and the irs employees, so we are especially appreciative that you were able to join us this morning. we are very grateful for the dedicated service of the irs employees. we're particularly interested in receiving an update on the ongoing tax season i