Charles Rettig

The Internal Revenue Service has asked a watchdog to investigate the tax system’s security after the New York Times disclosed that its reporters had reviewed more than two decades of President Donald Trump’s tax information.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to mail out letters later this month to an estimated 9 million non-filers, encouraging them to claim their economic impact payments by an Oct. 15 deadline.

The Internal Revenue Service has completed its first settlement order with the operator of a syndicated conservation easement scheme as part of a broader crackdown on what the IRS views as abusive tax scams.

House Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal wants the IRS to quit sending balance due notices for now.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving parents another chance to list their kids so they can receive an extra $500 per child in economic impact payments under the CARES Act.

The Internal Revenue Service has named James Lee as its new chief of the Criminal Investigation unit, starting Oct. 1.

The 160 million Americans who got stimulus checks earlier this year would get another payment as soon as next month under a plan being negotiated by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

People who aren’t required to file a U.S. tax return have less than three months to alert the Internal Revenue Service if they haven’t yet received a $1,200 stimulus payment from the government, Commissioner Chuck Rettig said.

IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig expressed his appreciation to tax professionals Tuesday for their cooperation during the extended tax season that was prolonged by the novel coronavirus pandemic and pledged to deliver any future stimulus payments approved by Congress.

The Tax Court struck down four more abusive syndicated conservation easement transactions last week, prompting the IRS to call on any taxpayer involved in such transactions who receives a settlement offer from the Service to accept it soon.