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WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Wednesday that Americans can begin filing their 2013 individual tax returns on Jan. 31, slightly later-than-normal due to October’s federal government shutdown.
Tax filing had been scheduled to start on Jan. 21, but complications from the 16-day shutdown caused a delay, the IRS said in a statement.
“The late January opening gives us enough time to get things right with our programming, testing and systems validation,” acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a statement.
The due date for submitting tax forms is April 15.
(Reporting by Patrick Temple-West; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh)
