IRS Has Significant Backlogs Following The Shutdown: What's Moving And What's Still Stuck

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is now over. The backlog of work, however, remains. As the IRS scrambles to ...
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Tax watchdog says IRS has work to do on Login.gov security controls

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen late in the evening on May 18, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) The IRS is making progress in moving its use of Login.gov ...
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IRS should bring back Technology Retirement Office, watchdog says

The IRS Service Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. (Image credit: iStock / Getty Images). The IRS should consider resurrecting an office it shuttered last year to better manage the ...
Fast Company

Your IRS refund could take years if you were a victim of ID theft. The national taxpayer advocate wants that fixed

Taxpayers who have been the victims of identity theft have experienced significant delays when requesting refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a Wednesday report to Congress ...
NBC New York

IRS loses nearly 1 in 3 tax auditors in DOGE cuts, watchdog report finds

The IRS has lost nearly one-third of tax auditors amid sweeping cuts from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, a watchdog report found. As of March 2025, the agency's workforce had fallen ...
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IRS still faces security challenges in aftermath of taxpayer data leak

Five years after an IRS contractor began leaking thousands of tax returns to a pair of news organizations, a new watchdog report finds that the agency still has some work to do to ensure the security ...
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Plan Being Considered to Cut IRS in Half: Report

The ax man is coming for the tax man. According to new reports, the Internal Revenue Service, which ballooned during the administration of former President Joe Biden, is facing cuts that could reduce ...