Danny Werfel

IRS embarks on ‘absolutely critical’ refresh of legacy HR systems

The IRS is managing hundreds of legacy HR IT systems with thousands of workflows, but deferred upgrading these systems when the agency faced budget cuts.

IT Modernization

Progress on spending bills might have been an illusion all along

Congress

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS recovers $1B in crackdown on taxes owed by millionaires

Agency Oversight

IRS Document Upload Tool, IRS Tax Season Stats

IRS hit a ‘big milestone’ to wean itself off paper. What comes next?

IT Modernization

IRS to boost enforcement staffing, close tax loopholes used by complex partnerships

Agency Oversight

House GOP propose defunding IRS Direct File, further budget cuts to enforcement

Congress

IRS makes Direct File permanent option to file taxes online, invites all states to opt in

IT Modernization

IRS seeks 102,000-employee ‘right-sized’ workforce – and more money to maintain staffing

Hiring/Retention

IRS seeks $104B for multi-year modernization fund to maintain customer service improvements

Agency Oversight

IRS gets pushback on its return-to-office plans — for going too far, and not far enough

Workforce

IRS puts 125,000 high-income individuals not filing tax returns on notice, to recoup millions owed

Agency Oversight

Treasury, IRS set 50% return-to-office target for employees to meet ‘governmentwide’ standard

The Treasury Department and the IRS are calling on teleworking employees to return to the office for half of their workdays, starting in a few months.

Workforce

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.

Congress

IRS tells Congress to avoid ‘disruptive’ government shutdown ahead of tax filing season

Government Shutdown

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told reporters on Thursday that a potential government shutdown wouldn’t keep the agency from starting the tax filing season on Jan. 29, as planned.