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What’s wrong with the IRS?; lessons from court; a new blog; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

An IT audit finds progress on many fronts, but COVID proved that modernization remains a must for the agency.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Advocate Service helped thousands of taxpayers last year with economic impact payments under the CARES Act, but it took months to start addressing them, often with the wrong cases.

Two TIGTA reports still see room for improvement, however.

A review found 8,332 individual international 2018 returns filed with potentially erroneous or fraudulent refunds that weren’t identified.

The Internal Revenue Service mailed out nearly 90,000 premature notices and demands for overdue taxes to taxpayers last year, even though the filing date had been extended.

The IRS's strategy for examining claims for the Earned Income Tax Credit are falling short, according to a new report.

Unprocessed paper-filed business returns jumped from 239,285 to 7.9 million.

When notices arrive late; deferred FICA minefield; two decades a-wandering; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Offer ‘solutions more than products; ’the gig economy and the profession; new blog in town; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

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.