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Refunds straight to crypto; M&A & taxes; improving customer service; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The service's Criminal Investigation division listed its top 10 cases for 2021, and it's a stew of tax evasion, Ponzi schemes, COVID fraud, cybercrime and more.

The Internal Revenue Service backtracked from a plan to use facial recognition software from a third-party company for taxpayer authentication.

The unit that checks employee benefit plans for compliance with various requirements scored dramatically lower on its quality reviews in recent years, according to a new report.

Senate Finance chair Ron Wyden weighed in on the use of third-party facial recognition software ID.me in a letter to Commissioner Rettig.

A selection of TACs will be open on weekends once a month until the end of tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service backlog is adding to long delays in processing carryback refunds of net operating losses claimed by companies during the pandemic.

Republicans in Congress have written the service questioning the use of ID.me, and introduced a bill that would ban the practice.

A group of lawmakers teamed up Thursday to introduce bipartisan legislation that aims to create a workable structure for taxing purchases made with cryptocurrency.

U.S. officials are seeking a judge’s authorization for an immediate government levy to help pay his $1.4 billion tax bill.

The additional staff are to help the agency navigate what will likely be one of the most challenging tax filing seasons in years, according to a person familiar with the plans.

What to concentrate on; Ready Return rejection; cases dismissed; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The service is working on text bots and chat bots to improve access, and managing issues around the ACTC and EIPs.

The service issued a set of frequently asked questions Monday for filing season, with new material added on the expanded Child Tax Credit.

A group representing managers at the service is pushing back against demands to stop sending automated tax notices to taxpayers.

The department is reconsidering the IRS’s reliance on facial recognition software ID.me for access to its website.

The dervice is urging people to use the information in their online taxpayer accounts for the most up-to-date figures on the amount of the advance CTC.

Democratic senators want more money for the agency to help taxpayers.

After coming under pressure from an array of tax and accounting professional associations and hundreds of members of Congress, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it would suspend issuance of some of its automated penalty notices to taxpayers, but tax and accounting groups say the agency isn’t providing enough relief.

The service is under pressure from lawmakers to stop penalties and pause automated collections from taxpayers who have been caught in a processing backlog.