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The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly reversing course on some of its wide-ranging job cuts after realizing they reduced the staff too drastically.

Taxpayers are unable to get through to live help through the IRS's toll-free phone lines, even when the IRS claims its wait times are only about three minutes.

The IRS failed to follow its own procedures when terminating thousands of probationary employees or consider their individual performance.

The Internal Revenue Service didn't do enough to verify the identity of callers to its Practitioner Priority Service and Business Specialty Tax phone lines.

The Internal Revenue Service won't renew a $500,000 annual contract to repair the self-service kiosks after a contractor failed to keep them in working order.

The Internal Revenue Service has overhauled its technology modernization plans in response to reductions in funding and staffing under the Trump administration.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to shed employees, with over 25% of its workforce now gone since the beginning of the year, according to a new report.

House Republicans have introduced a spending resolution that would slash IRS funding by around $2.8 billion, threatening taxpayer service and enforcement.

The IRS's progress in improving tax compliance in recent years has been threatened by cuts in funding and hiring, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service's plan under the Biden administration to audit high-income taxpayers appears less likely after staffing and budget cuts.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's latest report to Congress includes successes and failures at the IRS.

Billy Long's confirmation process to take the helm of the Internal Revenue Service is well underway, running alongside mass layoffs and other regulatory moves.

Cutbacks and vague guidance threaten the IRS's ability to carry out its responsibilities, which include overseeing the troubled nonprofit hospital sector.

The Internal Revenue Service is expected to lean more heavily on artificial intelligence technology to select cases as it carries out widespread layoffs.

The Internal Revenue Service has not yet satisfied the goal of the Payment Integrity Information Act to reduce improper payment rates to less than 10%.

The Internal Revenue Service has been conducting "sweeps" in recent years to uncover cases where high-income people have not been filing taxes.

More than 11,400 IRS employees have either received termination notices as probationary employees or voluntarily resigned, according to a new report.

Internal Revenue Service reports of the cost of the free tax-filing program left out at least $8.8 million in costs, according to a new report.

Between January 2021 and July 2024, the IRS processed nearly 610,000 manual refunds for deceased taxpayers, but in many cases took over a year.

Internal Revenue Service employees faced threats of assault during Saturday tax assistance events in 2024, according to a recent report.