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A new audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) finds that those phone statistics may not be giving us the complete picture of the IRS’ performance.…
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As we get into the 2019 income tax filing season, an audit of the previous filing season has good news and bad news for the Internal Revenue Service.…
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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on October 4 that found the IRS needs to do a better job when investigating section 501(c)(4) organizations suspected of engaging in “impermissible political activity.”…
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The Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has found that the numerous changes put forth in the tax cut legislation pose a risk of delaying the 2019 filing season.…
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A report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) finds that despite measures by the Internal Revenue Service to flag possibly fraudulent business returns, a significant number of bogus returns are slipping through.…
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The Internal Revenue Service has spent millions of dollars trying to get taxpayers located in foreign countries to report their holdings for tax purposes. A new federal audit, however, finds the IRS has fallen short in the effort.…
Identity theft has gotten a lot of attention over the past couple of years. We’ve written a lot about the subject during that time. One of the varieties of identity theft is employment identity theft, but the agency that oversees the IRS says legitimate taxpayers aren’t being notified they’re a victim of this crime.…
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The Internal Revenue Service says taxpayers who have not renewed their expired Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) will face processing delays if the number is used to file a return. In addition, the taxpayer could lose eligibility for key tax benefits until the ITIN is renewed.…
An examination of document-handling practices at the Internal Revenue Service shows the agency isn’t abiding by its own rules for retaining emails and other pertinent communications.…
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Scammers have dusted off an old racket and added a couple of new twists in hopes of swindling taxpayers out of their money. The Internal Revenue Service says this scheme has been reported across the country, and asks taxpayers to be alert.…
