Chuck Rettig

IRS needs to staff up HR office before it can rebuild its workforce, watchdog tells Congress

The IRS, for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be in a better position to improve its performance than in the years prior,…

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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 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…

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/marcnormanInternal Revenue Service sign with a traffic signal in the foreground indicating a red light.

IRS seeks to fast-track 4,000 hires to improve taxpayer experience

The IRS is putting authority from Congress to fast-track new hires to good use.

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Charles Rettig

IRS looks to automate how it processes paper tax returns to tackle its backlog

The IRS, in its request for information, is specifically looking for technology that “will perform a complete digital intake for all incoming mail,” including envelopes and their contents.

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