India, May 8 -- The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is mandating some employees to work mandatory weekend overtime to clear a backlog of tax returns flagged for errors. Workers at the Kansas City processing center must put in eight-hour shifts on May 10 and May 17, as per the recent memo.

In a memo obtained by Federal News Network, IRS Operation Manager Latifah Hisham stated that all qualified employees must complete 16 hours of weekend overtime. These workers handle the Error Resolution System (ERS), which identifies and fixes mistakes on tax returns. Some errors require mailing notices to taxpayers before processing can finish. "Remember, if we do not make a sizable dent in the ERS rejects inventory, there is the possibility of addition...