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FILE - This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. It’s the time of year to start thinking about taxes - what's ahead and what can be done now to manage. But the upcoming tax filing season is going to be trickier for many Americans due to rampant unemployment, working from home and general upheaval due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

IRS sends Congress $4B ‘aspirational vision’ to overhaul taxpayer services

The IRS estimates it will need $4 billion in multi-year funding over the next five years to meet the goals of the 2019 Taxpayer First Act and its IT modernization…

Agency Oversight

IRS watchdog: Options to extend filing season deadline ‘something that we’ve been thinking about’

Agency Oversight

Agencies’ tech isn’t always behind

Tom Temin Commentary

IRS looks to make mobile, cashless payments for overdue debts a reality

Technology

Internal Revenue Service sign with a traffic signal in the foreground indicating a red light.

IRS catches up with advisory council, following ‘stalled’ agenda under shutdown

Agency Oversight

Shutdown couldn’t have come at ‘worse time’ for IRS

Federal Drive

Colleen Kiko, Federal Labor Relations Authority

Federal Labor Relations Board ending relations with its labor union

Federal Newscast

Watchdog finds IRS ‘underfunded, understaffed and at the mercy of shutdowns’

Government Shutdown

‘Mixed reaction’ from IRS employees reporting back to work amid filing season

The IRS processed “several million” tax returns on Monday in the opening hours of the tax filing season, but the effects of a 35-day partial government…

Agency Oversight

IRS questioned about the accuracy of its customer satisfaction reports

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has questioned the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) method for reporting customer service satisfaction, calling it…

Federal Newscast

Senators look to restore long-neglected IRS ‘board of directors’

Agency Oversight

As the Internal Revenue Service rolls out its five-year roadmap to delivering faster, more efficient service, and prepares for upgrades under the next tax reform law, a bipartisan duo aims to restore the agency’s long-neglected oversight board.

IRS sends Congress $4B ‘aspirational vision’ to overhaul taxpayer services

Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson will continue her fight in retirement

Taxpayer Advocate says IRS still struggles with public service

Air Force may be better off trying to keep pilots than hiring more

IRS watchdog: Options to extend filing season deadline ‘something that we’ve been thinking about’

Agencies’ tech isn’t always behind

IRS looks to make mobile, cashless payments for overdue debts a reality

IRS catches up with advisory council, following ‘stalled’ agenda under shutdown

Shutdown couldn’t have come at ‘worse time’ for IRS

Federal Labor Relations Board ending relations with its labor union

Watchdog finds IRS ‘underfunded, understaffed and at the mercy of shutdowns’

‘Mixed reaction’ from IRS employees reporting back to work amid filing season

IRS questioned about the accuracy of its customer satisfaction reports

Senators look to restore long-neglected IRS ‘board of directors’

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