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Budget

Treasury secretary: IRS hit a ‘home run’ on challenging filing season, but still needs staffing and budget cuts

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the IRS can still meet the needs of taxpayers with more spending and staffing cuts because of new automation tools.

IT Modernization

IRS tells states Direct File ‘will not be available’ in 2026

Workforce

IRS plans to rescind hundreds of deferred resignation offers to ‘fill critical vacancies’

IT Modernization

IRS to overhaul decades-old tax IT system that’s under DOGE scrutiny

Financial Management

OMB seeks ‘strategic reset’ of financial statement audits

Workforce

IRS needs 11,000 hires to ‘maintain’ phone support for 2026 filing season, plans on 60% cut to IT staffing

Management

The PMA put the ‘M’ back in OMB

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Management

IRS commissioner to step down before his term ends, letting Trump advance his own pick

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Management

IRS 'prepared' for 2025 filing season, but potential spending cuts loom for the agency

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Hiring/Retention

Looming cuts threaten IRS plans to keep growing workforce and crack down on tax evasion

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Federal Report

Paper-flooded IRS campus once faced closure. Now it’s the model for its modernization plans

IRS, telework, return-to-office
IT Modernization

IRS, Treasury plan ‘absolutely critical’ overhaul of legacy HR systems

government shutdown, Congress, government funding
Congress

Progress on spending bills might have been an illusion all along

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)
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Agency Oversight

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

IRS Document Upload Tool, IRS Tax Season Stats
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IT Modernization

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

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Agency Oversight

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

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Congress

House GOP propose defunding IRS Direct File, more cuts to enforcement

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IT Modernization

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

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Hiring/Retention

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

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Agency Oversight

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

IRS, telework, return-to-office
Workforce

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

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Agency Oversight

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

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Workforce

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

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