Your right. The IRS refers to 2017 taxes as the *2018* filing season while most of us refer it as the 2017 filing season since it is for 2017 taxes.
Here is the 2018 link:
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-statement-on-2018-filing-season-start-date">https://www.irs.gov/new...>
It appears that the IRS will wait until Congress acts on "extender" bills before they announce the opening (which is probably the reason that they have not released the 2017 versions of many forms yet).
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
