Charles Rettig

A former acting commissioner during the Obama administration is being nominated to fill Charles Rettig's spot.

The IRS is projecting that the annual gross tax gap in 2014-2016 of $496 billion jumped to $548 billion for 2017-2019.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen picked the agency veteran, who has been deputy commissioner for services and enforcement since last year, to head the service.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on its plans to recruit an additional 10,000 employees, signing up 4,000 customer service representatives to help the overloaded agency next tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending out letters this week to more than 9 million potentially eligible families who didn't previously claim economic impact payments or tax credits.

Federal investigators are uncovering billions of dollars in fraud tied to pandemic relief programs.

The president is likely to nominate Beth Kaufman, a partner at the law firm Caplin & Drysdale, to be IRS chief counsel.

The president is narrowing the list of candidates to lead the Internal Revenue Service ahead of a massive expansion of tax enforcement.

The tax agency will automatically issue the refunds or credits for most of the fees by the end of September.

The service is providing relief to most individual and business taxpayers who filed their 2019 or 2020 returns late due to the pandemic.