House bill seeks AI boost for IRS to flag tax fraud
The DETECT Act asks the GAO to report on AI’s potential for empowering the tax agency to identify instances of fraud.
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Nearly half of RIF’d IRS probationary staffers had ‘fully successful’ or better reviews, watchdog finds
The other half that were sent termination notices in February had no performance rating on record, per the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
Direct File died under Trump. Meet the creators planning for its second life
After building the IRS’s free electronic filing tool, the Economic Security Project’s Future of Tax Filing fellows are writing a playbook for it to “come back someday”…
IRS dumps kiosks at tax centers after watchdog found dozens of inoperable machines
The tax agency canceled a contract with the kiosk vendor following the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s initial report.
IRS has lost 25% of its IT workforce since Trump took office, watchdog finds
The tax agency overall is down a quarter of its staff through a combination of deferred resignations, retirements and RIFs, according to new data.
IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE will lead to ‘dangerous’ mistakes, digital rights group argues
An amicus brief from the Electronic Frontier Foundation asks an appeals court to consider Watergate-era privacy protections and the pitfalls of bulk data disclosures in immigration enforcement.
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IRS criminal division can better manage seized digital assets, watchdog finds
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the IRS Criminal Investigation unit has some work to do in how it tracks and safeguards virtual currencies it…
IRS data error likely affected millions of Education Department forms
A Treasury watchdog report reveals how inaccurate tax information impacted FAFSA requests, offering a warning to agencies as they follow a Trump executive order to spur data…
Lack of IRS transparency on AI jeopardizes public trust, advisory panel says
The agency has lost more than 25% of its workforce since the beginning of the Trump administration, per the Taxpayer Advocate Service.
Taxpayer Advocate Service on track for summer launch of new case management platform
Replacing a 20-year-old system with a new product called Phoenix should help the independent IRS body more efficiently manage its ever-growing caseload.