Danny Werfel

IRS Werfe

IRS commissioner expects to see enforcement hiring to ‘ramp up’ in coming months

The Internal Revenue Service is putting its multi-billion-dollar modernization fund to good use by restoring training for its employees and replacing one…

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IRS Progress Report

IRS ends decades’ old policy to combat safety concerns, scammers

The IRS has ended its policy of revenue officers conducting unannounced home or business visits to address taxpayer debts.

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Senior Airman Savannah L. Waters

IRS puts modernization funds into cutting paper workload, beefing up enforcement

The IRS is dipping into nearly $60 billion of modernization funds to stay ahead of its paper workload.

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Debt Limit IRS

IRS panel urges agency to promote Free File program before advancing its own alternative

An advisory panel of tax experts is urging the IRS to promote a long-running free program that lets taxpayers file their federal and state tax returns with private tax professionals, before it scales up its own alternative.

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