Claiming COVID costs, and 4 other questions about filing your taxes this year

tax filing 2021

While the IRS warns that it has a large backlog of returns to process, people can still avoid lengthy delays if they file electronically. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

It’s time to file your tax returns, and the 2022 filing season promises to be different from recent years.

“The big thing is that there are a ton of tax changes related to stimulus funds and other benefits people may have received in 2021” because of the pandemic, said Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, the financial expert also known as the Money Coach.

Some of those changes will translate into smaller refunds. But while the IRS warns that it has a large backlog of returns to process, people can still avoid lengthy delays if they file electronically, Khalfani-Cox says.