The IRS may be saving hundreds of millions of dollars by cancelling certain contracts, although the effect on service to taxpayers is not yet known. In early 2025, the IRS reviewed more than 3,000 contracts and identified 334 contracts to cancel, with a potential...
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2026 Dirty Dozen Tax Scams
Criminals seem to never sleep, constantly on the lookout for another way to scam individuals, businesses, and even tax professionals. Each year, the IRS publishes a list of the top 12 scams that threaten the tax and financial information of taxpayers. At the top of...
New Confidential IRS Website to Report Fraud and Possibly Receive Monetary Award
The IRS announced the launch of a new web page that allows taxpayers who suspect tax fraud, scams, evasion, or other tax-related illegal activities to confidentially report that information to the IRS online. This will enhance how referrals are used to stop illegal...
Death and Taxes – Make Sure They Go Together
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) conducted an inquiry and reported in August 2023, that more than 20,000 taxpayer accounts were locked in error due to human and computer problems at the IRS, preventing these taxpayers from accessing their...
IRS Hires New Employees but Wasn’t Prepared
In fiscal year 2024, the IRS onboarded 19,000 new employees using designated new funds for training to include a one-week orientation program, with a follow-up throughout the year, along with providing new employees with tools and resources necessary to succeed in...
The IRS Fails at Initial Efforts to Reduce High Costs
The IRS spends millions of dollars each year digitizing paper tax returns, and storing them. While only six percent of individuals file tax returns by mail, the processing cost for those returns makes up 72% of the total processing costs per filing season. The IRS set...
Nearly Five Million Received Penalty Relief During the Pandemic
The IRS succeeded in accurately providing penalty relief 99% of the time regarding the COVID-19 relief to taxpayers who could not afford to make payments to the IRS during the pandemic. Of the 4.9 million who sought relief, some 3.6 million are on track to ultimately...
Taxpayer Advocate Annual Report to Congress – IRS Challenges Ahead
IRS Taxpayer Advocate, Erin Collins, issued her Annual Report to Congress siting the high workforce at the IRS for improved services to taxpayers. For taxpayers who don’t require the human touch, and file tax returns electronically, with payments and refunds managed...
The IRS is Open for Tax Returns!
The filing season officially began this week with the IRS now accepting income tax returns for 2025. Anticipating approximately 164 million individual returns to be filed by April 15, 2026, the IRS has provided tools and filing options to assist taxpayers with...
Identity Theft Awareness
The IRS marked this week as Identity Theft Awareness to alert taxpayers to current common frauds. For example, some taxpayers are the victims of identity theft, when someone else files a false tax return, claiming huge deductions, in hopes of having a tax refund...
