Tax audits

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.

The inspector general's investigation found no evidence that the former FBI leaders' returns were chosen deliberately.

For the first time in years, rich Americans who cheat on their taxes face a growing threat from the Internal Revenue Service.

Democrats on the tax-writing House and Ways Means Committee are asking the Justice Department and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to investigate.

An extra $80 billion over 10 years will have major repercussions — though not necessarily the expected ones.

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Taxpayers are concerned the extra $80 billion will lead to more tax audits.

The legislation would deter the Internal Revenue Service from using the $80 billion in extra funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase audits of taxpayers earning under $400,000 per year.

The agency has become a target of GOP lawmakers in recent weeks after President Biden signed a new spending law with funding for tax enforcement, technology upgrades and taxpayer service.

The Inflation Reduction Act has highlighted the perpetual tension within the agency between helping taxpayers and auditing them.

There are several key strategic considerations for the in-house practitioner to put their company in a strong position to resolve a tax dispute.

Commissioner Rettig is promising not to use the nearly $80 billion his agency will be receiving to increase audits of small businesses or taxpayers who earn less than $400,000.

Republicans and Democrats have been sparring over whether the extra funding will be used to audit low-income and middle-class taxpayers.

While Charles Rettig is scheduled to testify to Congress’s main tax-writing committees, IRS officials offered potential justifications for the unusual audits.

A Treasury inspector general will review why two former FBI officials who ran afoul of former President Donald Trump were subjected to rare and detailed tax audits.