The IRS announced today that, as expected, efiling of tax returns will begin on Monday, January 27th. Individual tax returns are due on Tuesday, April 15th.
We strongly advise efiling your tax returns (if possible), and we also strongly advise you obtain an IP PIN (an IRS Identity Protection PIN) if you have not already done so. You can obtain one on the IRS website. Do note that you must have an account on IRS.gov in order to obtain an IP PIN (an IRS online account requires you to use id.me). An IP PIN prevents anyone without that PIN from efiling a return with your social security number.