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The IRS beefed up its information technology internal controls.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to get ready for new reporting requirements on the Form 1099-K and 1099-DA, according to a new report.

The Government Accountability Office recently found that some populations may be getting selected for IRS audits at a higher rate than others.

Many plan participants told the U.S. Government Accountability Office they didn't understand their four main options — or the potential tax consequences.

The Internal Revenue Service is turning to artificial intelligence to help select tax returns to audit and narrow the tax gap, but it needs to use this new technology consistently and transparently, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service doesn't collect data on taxpayers' race or ethnicity, but some of its methods could lead to disparities in its audit rate.

The free tax program will now import a taxpayer's information from the previous year, as a report finds the program could cost the IRS considerably more than the estimated $249 million per year to maintain.

Thanks to the lower threshold, the service expects to receive about 44 million 1099-Ks in 2024, up from about 14 million.

The Government Accountability Office called for Congress to pass blockchain regulation legislation to shore up the federal regulatory apparatus.

The service's alternative dispute resolution programs can be faster and cheaper than the usual appeals process, but their use fell by two-thirds over the past decade.