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The IRS Opened A Narrow Refund Door CPAs Cannot Let Clients Miss

A small Form 843 change gives some taxpayers a faster way to protect penalty and interest refund claims.

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Larry Olson
July 07, 2026

This is the kind of IRS update clients never see. It is also the kind that turns into a missed refund conversation when nobody checks the file.

A New Online Path For One Slice Of Form 843

The change is narrow, but it matters.

Certain individual taxpayers with an IRS Online Account can now submit Form 843 electronically through a secure application on IRS.gov. The form is used for refund and abatement claims.

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