Tax refunds

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The service has released its guidance for tax preparers on income tax refunds for 2017, including information on potential delays.

Certain numbers will be invalid after Jan. 1, 2017, and holders hoping to avoid refund delays should renew now, according to the service.

For 2017, carryover from 2016 not only includes the usual reporting and compliance issues related to the tax year just ending, but also those tax changes and issues begun in 2016 that are by no means finished at year's end.