are rettig, for your hard work at the irs. i also want the thank the dedicated men and women of the irs that have worked so hard to keep the agency up and running, to provide services to our fellow american taxpayers. congress has asked the irs to go above and beyond this year in response to the coronavirus crisis. the cares act required that the irs talk on a number of tax tasks -- tasks, but none was greater than sending the economic impact payments to more than 160 million americans. that was a huge undertaking, and we should acknowledge that the irs got most of those payments out the door in just a matter of weeks, so we thank you for that, commissioner. now, with that said, i think all acknowledge the irs still faces a number of challenging things going forward, and i have concerns about how the agency plans to meet those challenges. there's a few main issues i think the agency needs to address. i hope you'll be able to provide the committee with some answers on how the agency plans to do so. i'm concerned about the curre

commissioner rettig, i wanted to switch gears here for a second. my office has experienced some difficulty in resolving constituent case work in a timely manner due to the backlog at the kansas city error resolution operation. my understanding is the current backlog is close to 60 days so i know my office isn't alone in the concern that the irs has a backlog of approximately 3 million pieces of unopened mail and 7.6 million unprocessed tax returns. i'm fully aware of what's going on during the pandemic, it has taken a significant toll on all of your operations and i know we have to do better. i have hard working hoosiers in my district who are hurting financially and they need a swift resolution to their cases so they can continue to put food on the table. given that many irs employees who handle these paper returns have been on covid-related leave for months can you give us a quick update on the operating status at the kansas city center and how we plan to get through this backlog? >> let me clarify that the unprocessed return inventory is about 1

are rettig, for your hard work at the irs. i also want the thank the dedicated men and women of the irs that have worked so hard to keep the agency up and running, to provide services to our fellow american taxpayers. congress has asked the irs to go above and beyond this year in response to the coronavirus crisis. the cares act required that the irs talk on a number of tax tasks -- tasks, but none was greater than sending the economic impact payments to more than 160 million americans. that was a huge undertaking, and we should acknowledge that the irs got most of those payments out the door in just a matter of weeks, so we thank you for that, commissioner. now, with that said, i think all acknowledge the irs still faces a number of challenging things going forward, and i have concerns about how the agency plans to meet those challenges. there's a few main issues i think the agency needs to address. i hope you'll be able to provide the committee with some answers on how the agency plans to do so i'm concerned about t current

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in c-span3, the ways and means committee hears testimony from charles rettig. whitmergan governor held a briefing on the states response to the coronavirus pandemic. she urged the federal government to pass relief legislation. this is 40 minutes. . >> good afternoon. today is thursday, november 19. thank you for joining us. i am joined by our chief medical executive. president of the michigan chapter of the american academy of pediatrics. barbecue andof a delta township. kendra patterson, the co-owner of michigan barn wood and selvage in mason, michigan. yesterday, the epidemic order that the department of health

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hearing on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the irs, we'll hear from irs commissioner charles rettigthis is live coverage on c-span3. >> we are going to get started in just a minute now. i am informing the hearing room and once the hearing room screen shows up we're going to begin. just wanted to let everyone know. >> good morning, welcome -- >>

committee hears testimony from charles rettig. whitmergan governor held a briefing on the states response to the coronavirus pandemic. she urged the federal government to pass relief legislation. this is 40 minutes. . >> good afternoon. today is thursday, november 19. thank you for joining us. i am joined by our chief medical executive. president of the michigan chapter of the american academy of pediatrics. barbecue andof a delta township. kendra patterson, the co-owner of michigan barn wood and selvage in mason, michigan. yesterday, the epidemic order that the department of health and human services ordered limiting indoor gatherings where covid can spread went into effect. i want to remind everyone these actions are both targeted and intended to be temporary. these steps are what the public health experts tell us we need to take to avoid overwhelmed hospitals and death counts like we sought in the spring. it will also protect our medical workers, first responders, and other workers who have put their lives on the line to protec

on c-span3, the house ways and means oversight fromttee hears testimony irs commissioner charles rettig. members of the white house coronavirus task force talked about the distribution of a vaccine and measures americans should take to protect themselves. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. we just completed our second eeting this week with members of the white house coronavirus continued. and we've we've continued to be on the sail mission w o save american lives. to work every day toward that put the coronavirus in the past. 'm joined today, and you will hear in a few moments, from members of the white house coronavirus task force including those leading the effort of vaccinations, under operation warp speed, and i think you will be as impressed as i was, at fema earlier today, heard the detailed plans for the virtual immediate distribution of vaccines when and become approved available to the american people. from very early in this pandemic president's direction we've followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally state managed and locally executed. and to that end this pa

. >> irs commissioner charles rettig testified before the house ways and means committee on oversight. committee members questioned the commissioner about irs audits, the backlog in processing tax returns and agency operations for the next t filing season. >> okay. good morning. welcome. i call to order the subcommittee on oversight. i want to thank everybody for joining us today. we're holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with house resolution 965. accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. that's outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. before we turn to today's