Chuck Rettig

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., speaks during a news conference

Senators press for barcodes on tax returns so IRS can process them faster

Members of the Senate Finance Committee are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to rely on barcodes to process millions of paper tax returns more quickly.

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Biden to nominate Danny Werfel as IRS commissioner, overseeing $80B to rebuild agency

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Charles Rettig

IRS awards $1K bonuses to ‘surge team’ employees tackling tax return backlog

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Security personnel from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, watch the vicinity around the Alexandria Federal Court in Alexandria, Va., on day one of Paul Manafort's trial, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House Dems want details from Federal Protective Service in wake of rising threats

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Charles Rettig

IRS backlog metrics ‘don’t translate’ into workforce efforts, commissioner says

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IRS expects to finish processing 2021 tax return backlog this week

The IRS is rounding the corner on its pandemic-era backlog of tax returns.

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS expands AI-powered bots to set up payment plans with taxpayers over the phone

The Internal Revenue Service is handling more of its call volume through automation, which gives its call-center employees more time to address more complex…

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IRS gets $1B funding increase in draft FY 2023 bill from House appropriators

Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) said the IRS budget outlined in the draft bill would help the agency “provide better customer service and crack down on big corporations and the wealthy who are not paying their fair share in taxes.”

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