What’s Happening At The IRS During The Shutdown?

Jeanne Sahadi and Jackie Wattles
(CNN Money) — The U.S. government is closed. And if it doesn’t reopen by Monday, Americans expecting refunds or waiting to hear back from the IRS on an existing audit or other tax matters may be out of luck.
The government shut down early Saturday after Congress failed to agree on a funding bill. That triggered automatic furloughs for government employees deemed “non-essential.” That means only a portion of each federal agency’s empl