The local IRS shut down several months ago because they could not handle the volume. One thing that fell apart was getting certificates of tax compliance, which you need to have if you are doing work for government entities. So technically our contracts could have been canceled by at least the entities involved acknowledged the IRS was not functioning. We finally got our compliance certificate last week, about 6 months late.
Hubs has a micro business (smaller than small-himself and a former co-worker who is a sub contractor) I do all the bookkeeping and regulatory compliance which there is a lot of here in the People’s Republic of Cuomo. It’s an LLC and NYS puts you through the ringer.