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Retirement

Why you need a strategy when it's time to claim Social Security benefits

Social Security taxes start automatically the day you start working. But when the time comes you have got to file an application to get your benefits.

Budget

IRS gets $1B funding increase in draft FY 2023 bill from House appropriators

IT Modernization

IRS looks to automate how it processes paper tax returns to tackle its backlog

Workforce

IRS plans to hire staff to tackle backlog faster, but struggles on competitive pay

Workforce

IRS plans to hire 10,000 workers to relieve massive backlog

Agency Oversight

IRS ‘struck a nerve’ with facial recognition, but pieces missing in fight against fraud

Federal Newscast

Senators looking to pass comprehensive cyber bill

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The United States is renewing calls for the Cuban government to determine the source of “attacks” on U.S. diplomats in Cuba that have affected some two dozen people. At a senior-level meeting with Cuban officials in Washington on June 14, 2018, the State Department said it had again raised the issue, which has prompted a significant reduction in staffing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Federal Newscast

White House appoints leader of its response to mysterious 'Havana Syndrome'

A woman receives a booster jab of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine during a vaccination campaign in San Jose, Costa Rica, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

Federal Newscast

With mandates in limbo, White House has new vaccine guidance for agencies

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)

Agency Oversight

IRS takes steps to avoid tax return processing delays as filing season starts

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Management

IRS gearing up for next filing season but still dealing with 6M tax return backlog

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)

Federal Newscast

Just how many vaccine exemptions has the military given out?

FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. More than 50 of the largest U.S. companies paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, even though they reported big pretax profits as a group. That's according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a group that believes the tax system needs to raise more revenue. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Agency Oversight

More resources for IRS won’t fix decade of problems ‘overnight’ — but it’s a start

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Federal Report

Taxes can trip up a Treasury secretary too!

FILE - This April 13, 2014 file photo shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington. The agency said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, that it is stepping up its efforts to visit high-income taxpayers who failed in prior years to file their tax returns on time. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Federal Report

Required minimum distributions: The IRS and your TSP

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)

Agency Oversight

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

FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. The Treasury Department and the IRS are urging taxpayers who want to get their economic impact payments directly deposited to their bank accounts to enter their information online by Wednesday, May 11, 2020. The IRS said that people should use the “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS website by noon on Wednesday to provide their direct deposit information. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Agency Oversight

IRS faced its 'greatest challenges' in 2020. This year brings even more.

Coast Guard members return to the Coast Guard Cutter John Midgett aboard a small boat while the crew of the cutter operates near Dutch Harbor, Alaska, April 30, 2018. In order to return to his ship, Fireman Taylor Martin flew to Dutch Harbor, spent the night on the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, and then joined this small boat crew the following morning. U.S. Coast Guard photo by FIreman Taylor Martin.

Federal Newscast

GAO: Though improved, DHS employee engagement still needs a lot of work

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Agency Oversight

IRS enabled record 85% of its workforce to telework under COVD-19 pandemic

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Federal Newscast

Pentagon asking more employees to work from home over coronavirus concerns

IRS building

Agency Oversight

How well did the IRS handle pandemic?

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

IT Modernization

IRS drafting plan to decommission legacy systems as part of enterprise cloud migration

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

Retirement

Retiree checks to rise 1.3% in 2021 amid coronavirus fallout

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