Social Security deactivated 2,400 offices Tuesday, and the Internal Revenue Service followed suit, closing taxpayer assistance centers on both coasts.
The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday began closing field offices in Northern California, Seattle, Puerto Rico and the New York City area to contain the spread of the novel— and all of its tax counseling sites for the elderly. The Social Security Administration closed 1,400 field and hearing offices Monday night.
The White House Office of Management and Budget, which is holding daily conference calls with federal agency leaders, is urging telework for employees across the country and paid leave for those whose jobs do not allow them to work remotely.As of Tuesday, though, efforts to clear federal buildings were uneven, underscoring the challenge of such a dramatic, sustained shifting of work patterns in a bureaucracy of 2.1 million employees.
“We’ve been asking for this for a while. They did it overnight — and failed to get the word out,” said Ralph Dejuliis, a field worker in Oklahoma and national president for the union that represents the federal employees.Dejuliis said Social Security employees don’t know how they are going to handle a variety of tasks. What if they are not sure people on the phone are who they claim to be? In the past, they made them come to the office to be sure.
The filing deadline has not been changed, but taxpayers who owe the government money will have an additional 90 days to pay.
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