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Congress proceeds with $20B cut to IRS modernization fund in FY 2024 spending deal

Lawmakers plan to cut $10 billion in funds the IRS got in the Inflation Reduction Act, in a spending deal for the rest of fiscal 2024.

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IRS, telework, return-to-office

IRS gets pushback on its return-to-office plans — for going too far, and not far enough

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IRS Werfe

IRS puts 125,000 high-income individuals not filing tax returns on notice, to recoup millions owed

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IRS Werfe

Treasury, IRS set 50% return-to-office target for employees to meet ‘governmentwide’ standard

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Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., speaks during a news conference

Senators press for barcodes on tax returns so IRS can process them faster

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Tax Season Stats

IRS digs out from pandemic-era challenges, but struggles on some hiring goals, watchdog tells Congress

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IRS Werfe

IRS commissioner charts year-long progress in agency’s ‘tech-enabled transformation’

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IRS Werfe

IRS commissioner expects to see enforcement hiring to ‘ramp up’ in coming months

The Internal Revenue Service is putting its multi-billion-dollar modernization fund to good use by restoring training for its employees and replacing one…

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IRS Free Filing

IRS cybersecurity chief says agency has made ‘tremendous progress’ on logging

The head of the IRS’ cybersecurity operations says the Treasury agency is making progress on logging, multifactor authentication, and other aspects of…

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Biden Yellen Banking

IRS to launch callback option for most taxpayers seeking help next filing season

The IRS is making these upgrades to avoid the kind of backlogs in paper tax returns and correspondence it saw at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those backlogs led to unprecedented backlogs and tax refund delays.

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