Clients ask me to have their money withdrawn from their bank account on a certain date to pay 2020 tax liability with IRS. I usually post for withdrawal to happen, at minimum,
four days after e-filing date to give IRS enough time to process withdrawal request. However, an increasing number of clients are calling me back to tell me that no money has been withdrawn by IRS on the agreed date. Is it a ProSeries glitch or is it another IRS problem this year 2021. Clients are hesitant to make the payment, manually, at IRS.GOV, and later IRS comes and makes a belated withdrawal. IRS will eventually refund the extra money withdrawn but *** knows when. Should I advise clients to forgo automatic withdrawal and go directly to IRS.GOV and manually do the payment online.
