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Taxpayer Advocate Pushes For IRS to Make Its Own Free, Direct e-File System

A new report calls the current e-file program, a collaboration between private tax prep companies and the IRS, greatly underutilized and advises the agency to develop a new system.

  • Natalie Alms

The IRS Has More Things to Do and Less Staff to Do Them

Former Commissioner of Internal Revenue John Koskinen joins the podcast to discuss the latest fight for IRS funding.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

The IRS Is Getting Some Help as It Prepares for a Hiring Spree

Some of the tax agency's major challenges will be tackled by the private sector.

  • Eric Katz

Clawing Back IRS Funding Is Just the Beginning for Agency Spending Reductions, House Republicans Say

The House on Monday voted to unwind an unprecedented spending surge at IRS and Republicans promised more such efforts are on the way.

  • Eric Katz

5 Things Holding Innovation Back at the IRS

Believe it or not, the IRS has some budget and the will to modernize in the interest of public service.

  • Hansen Rada

What the Census Bureau Can Learn From the IRS About Detecting Cyberattacks

Inspectors general from Commerce and Treasury present a tale of two testing regimes.

  • Mariam Baksh

The IRS Will Need These 4 Things to Succeed After the Midterms

Commissioner-designate Danny Werfel has an opportunity to transform the tax agency, if given the right tools.

  • Ronald Sanders

Republicans Preview Their Efforts to Block Forthcoming IRS Funding

The strategy could result in a new shutdown threat.

  • Eric Katz

5 Tips from Practitioners to Improve Government Customer Experience

Good customer experience doesn’t happen by accident.

  • Frank Konkel

Former Tax Chiefs Urge the Senate to Quickly Confirm Biden's IRS Nominee

The new commissioner should be a part of setting priorities and making plans, say former tax agency heads.

  • Natalie Alms

Biden Taps Federal Management Guru to Lead IRS

Nominee previously led the tax agency and has ideas on implementing its unprecedented cash infusion.

  • Eric Katz

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way.

For nearly 70 years, federal law has barred churches from directly involving themselves in political campaigns, but the IRS has largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities as churches have become more brazen about publicly backing candidates.

  • Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune

IRS Hires 4,000 Customer Service Reps, Citing Inflation Reduction Act

Hiring surge for enforcement personnel likely coming next.

  • Eric Katz
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IRS Alerts Low-Income Americans to Claim Expiring Tax Credits

The push comes as Code for America updated its tax tool to simplify the process for claiming the earned income tax credit.

  • Natalie Alms

Treasury Chief: IRS Modernization is Coming Soon

Janet Yellen laid out workforce and modernization priorities for the IRS during remarks on Thursday as the IRS looks to spend the $80 billion infusion from Congress over the next decade.

  • Natalie Alms

IRS Has the Funding to Hire Tens of Thousands. Can It Actually Do So?

IRS hiring has been thrust into the spotlight, but augmenting the agency's workforce is still far from guaranteed.

  • Eric Katz

NTEU: Federal Employees Need Security, Not Scorn

Union leader asks agency heads to conduct a thorough review of all security protocols and protections at their work sites.

  • Tony Reardon

GovExec Daily: The Inflation Reduction Act's IRS Priorities

Former White House official Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins the podcast to discuss how the law will affect taxpayers and small businesses.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

'Stay Vigilant:' Agencies Issue Warnings, Take New Steps to Combat Wave of Threats Against Feds

The Biden administration is looking to protect feds as anti-government rhetoric heats up.

  • Eric Katz

Republican Senator Implores Americans Not to Apply for New IRS Jobs

New positions aimed at enforcing tax laws are immoral and will not last long anyway, lawmaker suggests.

  • Eric Katz

The Inflation Reduction Act Will Require the IRS to Study Free Tax Filing Options

TurboTax maker Intuit has long blocked efforts to create free online tax filing for all, but this sweeping domestic policy bill provides $15 million to investigate how the IRS could implement such a program.

  • Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel, ProPublica