Parents, please click here for an important read explaining why you should NOT throw away Letter 6419 from the Internal Revenue Service. "Keep it with all of your other important tax paperwork, including your W-2s. Repeat, keep this letter to do your taxes," it says.

The Internal Revenue Service began accepting and processing 2021 tax year returns on Monday, January 24, allowing time for programming and testing that will be critical to ensuring IRS systems run smoothly. You can learn more about the timeline outlined by the IRS, and its warnings about service delays, at this link.