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The Internal Revenue Service did little to stop fraudsters who used the Practitioner Priority Service Line to fraudulently claim nearly $462 million in refunds, per the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

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The IRS failed to address literally tens of thousands of unresolved security vulnerabilities, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Relative accuracy; biggest cyberthreats; end-of-year meetings; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, in two reports, critiqued the IRS on cybersecurity for both its data warehouse and its cloud infrastructure.

The Treasury Department directed the IRS not to use any additional Inflation Reduction Act funds to increase audits on small businesses or households earning less than $400,000.

TIGTA recommended that the IRS review its procedures for examining for large complex taxpayers.

In 2023, 179,000 notices of federal tax lien were filed, down roughly 84% from the high in 2010 of nearly 1.1 million.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that IRS Tax-Exempt Compliance Unit examiners spent 6.1 hours on average per case in 2023, up 281% from 2020.

In 2023, 125 violation cases of unauthorized access of tax return data were reported, the highest since 2018 —but instances of disclosure violations remains low.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the IRS lacks concrete plans for retiring and replacing legacy IT systems.

High-income backdown; Direct File collision; the vaping excise mess; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service isn't in full compliance with the federal government's guidance for removal of TikTok from devices, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service could be doing a better job of cracking down on tax noncompliance by users of virtual currency or digital assets, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service switched over from focusing its audits on taxpayers earning $10 million or more to those earning $400,000 or more after passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Internal Revenue Service has been making efforts to reduce the overall amount of space it rents, but it nevertheless has lots of unnecessary space that it's paying hundreds of millions of dollars for every year.

While the Internal Revenue Service has managed to reduce its backlog of unprocessed tax returns since the pandemic, one area where it's losing ground is in processing all the documentation for tax adjustments.

The service is falling short in helping underserved populations in Mississippi, according to a new report.

Its investigators identified a scheme to improperly claim COVID relief tax credits.

The Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigators have been on the lookout for tax evasion by businesses that don't pay employment taxes.