Professional Managers Association

New leadership at the Professional Managers Association

There is new leadership at the organization that represents managers and other non-union employees at the Internal Revenue Service. Kelly Reyes was named…

Workforce

Government shutdown will put federal employees at risk far beyond D.C., union warns Congress

Government Shutdown

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

Congress

IRS needs to use pay incentives more to keep up with hiring goals, watchdog warns

Hiring/Retention

House bill aims to reduce effects of pay compression for senior-level feds

Pay

FILE - A box filled with dollar bills is shown in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Even though your tax refund can feel like a gift from the government, the best use of those funds is not always apparent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Exclusive

Locality tweaks are only the tip of the federal pay iceberg, managers coalition warns

SES

What does the new IRS commissioner need to do to succeed?

Management

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House GOP leaders vow to undo $80B to rebuild IRS if party regains majority

Budget

Bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing advances out of House committee

Congress

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Conservative politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. The Inflation Reduction Act, which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS — but it wouldn’t create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

How its managers say the IRS will deal with the latest spending bill

Workforce

FILE - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As millions of Americans file their income tax returns, their chances of getting audited by the IRS have rarely been so low. The number of people audited by the IRS last year dropped for the sixth straight year, to just over 1 million. The last time so few people were audited was 2004, when the population was significantly smaller. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS mid-level managers adamant about protecting agency from political influence

Agency Oversight

Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

The Preventing a Patronage System Act would stop any federal job from reclassification outside of merit system principles.

Congress

IRS managers try to explain how Comey and McCabe could’ve ended up on audit list

In today’s Federal Newscast, IRS career managers respond to allegations of politically-motivated tax audits of former FBI director James Comey and deputy…

Federal Newscast

FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. On Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming The IRS will issue a fourth round of stimulus checks to Americans in February 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS makes rare call to set higher gas reimbursement rate for rest of 2022

Benefits

The IRS outlined “pass-through” provisions of its 2022 National Agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union, which apply to agency managers and non-bargaining unit employees.