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In 2015 Congress mandated the IRS use private debt collectors to bring in billions of dollars in outstanding tax debt owed by taxpayers.…
Read more about New Collection Program Yields Same Old Results
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says it has some suggestions for the IRS that could make significant improvements in the agency’s operations.…
A new report finds the U.S. isn’t using the available tools effectively to improve compliance among American taxpayers living abroad.…
Read more about GAO Finds Foreign Tax Reporting Needs Tweaks
The Government Accountability Office says a decade of budget and staffing cuts aimed at the Internal Revenue Service have left the nation’s tax collection agency poorly positioned to handle its future mission.…
The Government Accountability Office recently audited the Internal Revenue Service’s financial statements for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.…
A study by the Government Accountability Office shows that whistleblowers may not be getting the reward money they’re entitled to after alerting the IRS to illegal foreign bank accounts.…
Read more about GAO Finds IRS May be Shortchanging Whistleblowers
The “Future State” initiative debuted in 2014 and featured an online portal that allowed taxpayers to communicate with the IRS and to deal with their taxes online.…
Read more about IRS Future State Shifted to Part of Five-Year Plan
By most accounts, the Internal Revenue Service has made big advances in data security over just a few years ago.…
Read more about GAO Urges IRS to Beef Up Taxpayer Authentication
A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that some federal agencies aren’t following through on a key anti-identity-theft measure.…
Read more about Report: Federal Effort to Restrict Use of SSNs Found Lacking
The good news is the GAO found taxpayers calling the IRS received better service during the 2016 filing season. However, the study also determined that during the regular 2016 calendar year, information that could help alert taxpayers they were victims of identity theft was hard to obtain, either from www.irs.gov or through IRS customer service.…
Read more about GAO Cites IRS Shortcomings on Identity Theft
