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Tax delinquency is increasing among federal government employees as well as retirees, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service sometimes backdated tax penalty approvals in at least seven cases involving syndicated conservation easements, according to a new report.

Small businesses that don't qualify for a payroll tax break are still receiving it, despite the IRS's efforts to stop them, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service rarely penalizes taxpayers who have high balances in foreign bank accounts and fail to file the proper forms, according to a new report.

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Over 1,000 IRS employees owe more than $8 million for not complying with the terms of a program that helps them repay their student loan debts.

The percentage of IRS employees who work from home plummeted from 65% to 25% last year after President Trump ordered federal employees to return to in-person work.

For tax years 2023 and 2024, 45,386 returns claimed about $172 million in tax credits that ITIN holders were not eligible to receive.

The Internal Revenue Service canceled contracts as part of the federal effort to reduce overall spending — but the effect it will have on taxpayer services is yet to be seen.

A recent study by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that the IRS has spent $15.7 billion of the $26 billion remaining from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

The IRS has been examining only a tiny fraction of tax filings from large partnerships due to staffing shortages and other resource constraints.

The Internal Revenue Service vastly overstated the projected costs of operating the free tax prep program before terminating it, according to a new report.

The IRS issued Recovery Rebate Credits for the pandemic to nearly 301,000 ineligible taxpayers, many of whom were either immigrants or received extra payments.

TIGTA found that thousands of the IRS's new hires in 2024 did not receive equipment or performance expectations in a timely manner.

Taxpayers on average collected $2,290 in refunds through Feb. 6, according to IRS data.

The Internal Revenue Service made only limited progress in scanning a tiny fraction of paper-filed returns last tax season, according to a new report.

The agency incorrectly labeled some taxpayers as hostages when providing tax relief, or failed to remove a special indicator after their release from captivity.

A group of Senate Democrats and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration are raising questions about the impact of IRS funding cuts.

The IRS offered relief from failure-to-pay penalties to nearly 5 million taxpayers during the pandemic, but 3.6 million have since taken steps to pay tax debts.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration will examine the workforce reductions by the Trump administration and the elimination of paper checks.