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The Internal Revenue Service needs to beef up security at its facilities to address ongoing threats, according to a recent report.

A provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was supposed to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes on deferred earnings from multinationals is only bringing in about one-third of the projected revenue.

Continuing delays in management actions are contributing to the backlogs of millions of unprocessed tax returns and tax transcript requests.

A system that Congress mandated allowing federal contractors to self-certify they don't owe a significant amount of taxes is enabling many of them to score lucrative contracts while still owing plenty.

The Internal Revenue Service's backlog is having an impact in many areas, including the handling of noncorporate applications for refund claims on net operating losses.

The agency issued billions of dollars in tax refunds to companies claiming net operating losses for prior years after passage of the CARES Act, but did little to examine the claims.

The Internal Revenue Service has been slow in processing employer tax credits and tax refunds that businesses were supposed to receive.

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Collection employees are mostly respecting the restrictions, but don't always understand their complexities.

The IRS used 84 selection filters last year to ferret out identity theft on business tax returns during the pandemic.

The service had to set up the online portal quickly to allow parents to claim advance payments, but the rollout had some hiccups and over 1,300 taxpayers suffered ID theft.

The Treasury inspector general said the service's cybersecurity program still needs work.

The service’s recent policies expedited the hiring of new employees, but prolonged delays in eligibility verification could increase the risk of exposure of taxpayer data, according to a new report.

A Treasury inspector general will review why two former FBI officials who ran afoul of former President Donald Trump were subjected to rare and detailed tax audits.

A congressional appropriations committee wants to give the Internal Revenue Service $1 billion more in funding to improve taxpayer service and technology and make the overall tax system fairer.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is raising the alarm about identity thieves and fraudsters with a pair of public service announcements on YouTube.

The inspector general said the Child Tax Credit Update portal was generally implemented well, but pointed out several vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.

The service also failed to issue $80 million in payments to eligible individuals, according to a new report from TIGTA.

Over one-fourth of the nearly 1,700 cases were violations that usually led to employees being suspended, fired or resigning.

The service is being asked to provide more information about the race, ethnicity and sex of taxpayers but is facing legal restrictions, according to a new report.