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With the tax filing deadline of April 15 less than two months away, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering some in-person help, for free, on Saturdays.

Taxpayers who called the IRS had an average wait time of four minutes this tax season compared to 27 minutes a year earlier, the agency said this week.

Furthermore, enQ, a service which promises expedited telephone connection to a live IRS agent, reported that average wait times can top 70 minutes for the general public.

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