Danny Werfel

IRS Document Upload Tool, IRS Tax Season Stats

IRS hit a ‘big milestone’ to wean itself off paper. What comes next?

A backlog of paper-based tax returns and correspondence hobbled the IRS at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IT Modernization

IRS to boost enforcement staffing, close tax loopholes used by complex partnerships

Agency Oversight

House GOP propose defunding IRS Direct File, further budget cuts to enforcement

Congress

IRS makes Direct File permanent option to file taxes online, invites all states to opt in

IT Modernization

IRS seeks 102,000-employee ‘right-sized’ workforce – and more money to maintain staffing

Hiring/Retention

IRS seeks $104B for multi-year modernization fund to maintain customer service improvements

Agency Oversight

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

Workforce

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

Agency Oversight

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

Workforce

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

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

Congress

IRS tells Congress to avoid ‘disruptive’ government shutdown ahead of tax filing season

Government Shutdown

IRS workforce development plan lacks one crucial element

The IRS has taken several big steps recently on the personnel front. It has brought in people to help improve taxpayer service. And just the other day…

Agency Oversight

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

The Internal Revenue Service saw a major turnaround in its level of customer service this year, and will continue to deliver on a higher level of service…

Workforce

IRS reorganizes its top ranks, with focus on ‘historic’ agency modernization

Agency Oversight

The Internal Revenue Service is shaking up its leadership team for the first time in decades to elevate parts of the agency at the center of a multi-billion-dollar modernization agenda.