The IRS is knocking on your door. But this time they’re not collecting money. A new tax law is giving up to $1,500 dollars to homeowners, but there’s a catch: You have to make your…
As budget season continues, more cabinet secretaries and other agency heads are talking about their FY2010 budget requests. The Senate Appropriations Committee had three agency leaders before their subcommittees yesterday: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was…
The IRS continues to work to stamp out the use of offshore accounts to commit tax fraud. The problem has been around for years, but one man’s efforts — along with his team — have…
By Tom Temin FederalNewsRadio You want to save gas, but you might be tired of waiting for the pricey Chevrolet Volt, and you also might be thinking twice about taking a motorcycle to work in…
Today is Tax Day! While filing your tax return may feel like an enormous undertaking to you, the Internal Revenue Service has put some measures in place to help relieve the stress. Q: Why is…
Is all tax software created equal? The Government Accountability Office doesn’t think so. They recently published a report, Tax Administration: Many Taxpayers Rely on Tax Software and IRS Needs to Assess Associated Risks, that calls…
How secure are the 98,000 desktop and laptop computers at the Internal Revenue Service? Peggy Begg is the Assistant Inspector General for Security and Information Technology Audits with the Treasury Department. She joins us to…
Fed employee union scatters over Capitol to lobby
A recent GAO report finds holes in the way the IRS protects financial and taxpayer information. It says some employees have more access than they need to do their jobs, and policies are not consistently…
It’s coming . . . again. Tax filing season! While you might not yet be ready, the IRS is gearing up and learning lessons from last year. The Government Accountability Office recently released a report…
Treasury is splitting TIPSS 4 into two separate solicitations.
Administration officials still claim some success