With a backlog of about 1.4 million unprocessed employee retention credit, or ERC, claims, the National Taxpayer Advocate is pushing the IRS to expedite legitimate filings.
But after a wave of"questionable claims," the IRS stopped processing new ERC claims in September and nearly all filings sent before the moratorium remain unworked.But the prolonged processing delays by the IRS are"harming taxpayers with valid ERC claims," as many have already waited a year or longer, National Taxpayer Advocate"It’s time for the IRS to be transparent on how and when it plans to move forward addressing these ERC claims," she wrote.