Updated Odds on Delay?

I would say it is a 50-50 chance that there will be an extended tax season... They should do this but who knows what will happen... just my opinion

I'm still at 90-10 and waiting to see what happens after the corporate money is collected Monday.  The states should go along for the ride, with all the money they got from ARP.  And, they need to figure out whether to conform to unemployment exclusion, and if not, how to revise their instructions for returns not already filed.  

Texas and Louisiana has an extension until 6/15 due to the ice storm

80% chance they extend, announce on March 16.

I 100% need it to happen because I'm over 50% behind but only 60% confident it will 

0% - Not that they don't want to extend but they are too busy dealing with the unemployment fiasco and processing more stimulus checks that they will forget there is an April 15th due date.

I'm 100% hopeful it will be announced on Tuesday the 16th.  

If not there's a 50% chance I'll start making snarky comments to clients who are "just curious" about when their return will be ready, 100% chance if they tell me how long I've had their information.

The one thing have appreciated about this place over the years is, sometimes you wonder if you are the only one with "special" clients.  Then you read some of the posts here and you realize we all have those "special" individuals -------- same clients, just different names.

Feeling very nervous - my odds of a delay are going down. Your opinion?

 From The Hill:

A group of more than 100 House members on Tuesday urged the IRS to extend the tax filing and payment deadlines — the latest effort from lawmakers to press the IRS to postpone the April 15 due date.

"We respectfully urge you to extend the federal tax filing and payment deadline as Americans, and the IRS, continue to grapple with the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent Tuesday to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig and acting Treasury assistant secretary for tax policy Mark Mazur.

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) took the lead on the letter, which was primarily signed by Democrats. Pascrell serves as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's oversight subcommittee, which is scheduled to hold a hearing with Rettig on Thursday.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/543459-calls-grow-from-lawmakers-for-irs-to-extend-filing-deadline