Tax practitioners need to be prepared for a shifting landscape in the IRS’s collection efforts in 2026 and beyond. The last several months have made clear that
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has recently announced several achievements, including the development of a new program office, while also acknowledging difficulties in areas such as the processing of coronavirus disease (“COVID”)-era tax credits.
IRS spending on artificial intelligence rose by over 700% in the last half-decade as it hones the use of machine learning to identify tax cheats and improve taxpayer communication, according to Bloomberg Government contracting data.
My husband owns his own business. The Internal Revenue Service audited his 2021 income-tax return. There were some small mistakes. The amount due was paid.
The Internal Revenue Service‘s intended ramping up of enforcement on wealthy people, large corporations and complex partnerships may not have a meaningful impact in the short term because of challenges in hiring and training people to do the work.
During a pilot phase this spring, 140,000 participants received a total of $90 million in refunds. Nine in 10 users rated the software as “excellent” or “above average,” according to a government survey.
The Internal Revenue Service is turning to artificial intelligence to help select tax returns to audit and narrow the tax gap, but it needs to use this new technology consistently and transparently, according to a new government report.
Companies take IRS budgets into consideration when developing their year-to-year tax strategies and take more aggressive tax positions when IRS budgets are smaller,\