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The IRS and the Treasury need better documentation of their roles in updating withholding tables.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to strengthen its taxpayer authentication efforts to combat identity theft, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

The Government Accountability Office has updated its auditing standards guide.

The Internal Revenue Service’s efforts last year to safeguard against identity theft by asking employers to file W-2 forms earlier and holding tax refunds longer if taxpayers claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit did not always work, according to a new report.

Ranking Dems are worried the Internal Revenue Service might succumb to political pressure to make it appear that tax cuts are larger than they really are.

State governments are worried about the potential loss of tax revenue after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and may be forced to restructure their tax laws.

State and local governments could gain between $8 billion and $13 billion in tax revenue this year if states were given the authority to require sales tax collection from all remote sellers, such as e-commerce websites, according to a new government report.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office suggests the Internal Revenue Service should increase its efforts to collaborate with the tax preparation industry and state tax authorities in the battle against identity theft and tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service’s new procedure for authenticating withholding information did not go completely smoothly this past tax season, although it did hold promise for combating identity theft and tax fraud.

The Government Accountability Offices is asking for feedback on a set of proposed changes to Government Auditing Standards, commonly known as the Yellow Book, the first revision since 2011.