I may be just trying to hope for a silver-lining with the EITC refund delays, but I wonder if fewer taxpayers will get fewer Automated Underreporter (AUR) CP-2000 notices because of it..  Perhaps, not as many taxpayers will rush to the tax site before they get all their W-2s.  Perhaps, the IRS will have data in time to make corrections before the refund is sent. I suspect the answer is no and taxpayers will come to VITA to file amendments to that return they filed in January for the Refund Advance and to wonder how they are going to pay back the IRS.

I wish that the IRS messaging around the delay really focused on telling taxpayers not to rush and make sure they had all their documents and information in order before they file and not file like you always have.