TIGTA

Despite strong efforts by the service, the pandemic claimed dozens of its employee, according to a TIGTA report.

A new TIGTA report warns, however, that many didn’t follow the rules and could face potential tax penalties.

Over 500 government entities improperly applied for advance payments of employer tax credits last year during the COVID-19 pandemic and needed to repay them, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service ended a strategy for examining high-income taxpayers in 2017 and switched to another strategy that brought in far less tax revenue in the next few years.

Better enforcement; for fans of tax crime; partner sabbaticals please; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service issued more than 4.4 million Economic Impact Payments last year totaling more than $5.5 billion to potentially ineligible people, according to a new report.

Billions of dollars in underreported taxes by employers and backup withholding for their employees are helping fuel the tax gap, according to a new report.

The EITC, the ACTC and the ACTC continue to be abused, even as they become more generous.

The Internal Revenue Service is having a hard time hiring enough staff to help it get through this year’s extended tax season and overcome its backlog of unprocessed tax returns.

The Internal Revenue Service could be doing more to track unreported income flowing through popular peer-to-peer apps like Venmo and Zelle.