Tax audits

The service wants to hire more accountants, lawyers and other professionals to focus on high-income taxpayers and large corporations.

Former commissioners weigh in on the details of the Strategic Operating Plan and how the agency will spend its $80 billion.

Tax leaders at companies around the world are predicting the number of tax audits will increase by more than a third over the next two years.

In its new strategic operating plan, the service describes its plans for the new funding it got from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Correct accounting, tax preparation and reporting in the cannabis industry requires proper operational setup and processes, expertise and tools.

The agency had scaled back audits of all taxpayers between 2010 and 2019, with the total audit rate falling to 0.25% from 0.9%.

E-help with CP notices; low-cost compliance; still learning from Eisenhower; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Former IRS special agent Robert Nordlander dives into the difference between a Criminal Investigation investigation and a civil tax audit.

Daniel Werfel, who has been nominated as the next Internal Revenue Service commissioner, also received an endorsement from a major organization of tax pros.

IRS algorithms in determining tax returns to audit, enforcement policy and resource constraints result in significant racial disparity in returns chosen for a tax audit.

The Internal Revenue Service is making some changes in its Compliance Assurance Process program, testing out a new option to address complaints from participants.

The service is coming under fire from various quarters for its tax audit and enforcement efforts.

The Internal Revenue Service audits Black taxpayers at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service has been steadily ramping up its enforcement of partnership tax compliance.

The House voted to repeal billions of dollars of Internal Revenue Service funding that Democrats approved last year, an issue that is likely to crop up repeatedly this year.

The Internal Revenue Service audited fewer taxpayers last year, according to a new report, although audits of millionaires ticked up slightly.

The Internal Revenue Service would be legally mandated to annually audit the president and publish the results under legislation passed by the House.

As 2023 comes into view, the specter of 87,000 new IRS employees has gotten the attention of accountants and bookkeepers — as well as small and midsized business owners.

The move caps a three-year legal saga initiated by Democrats to obtain and release the former president's closely held financial documents.

A recent study found that using machine learning in tax audits can significantly increase evasion detection as well as delinquent tax collection.