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Existing Controls Did Not Prevent Unauthorized Disclosures and Case Documentation Issues in Appeals Trust Fund Recovery Penalty Cases.

Report Number
2020-10-042

… waste, or abuse, please call us at 1-800-366-4484 TIGTACommunications@tigta.treas.gov | www.treasury.gov/tigta | … until a final determination is made plus an additional 30 days to assess the TFRP, if applicable. To ensure that … 1452 (1996) (codified as amended in scattered sections of 26 U.S.C.). 4 The assessment statute is the date established …

Most Internal Revenue Service Applications Do Not Have Sufficient Audit Trails to Detect Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Information

Report Number
2020-20-033

… are properly tracked on a POA&M, thus ensuring compliance with the FISMA, IRM policy, and the Office of … from the Fiscal Year 2015… Internal Revenue Service Yes 2b26e432-f520-48ed-aa10-328326bf3f92 File 202020033fr.pdf Yes … were providing accurate and complete audit trails, 30 (45 percent) applications were providing incomplete and …

Strategies and Protocols to Authenticate Network User Identities Are Effective; However, More Action Is Needed to Verify the Identity of Devices

Report Number
2020-20-036

… business units that internally manage non-802.1X protocol compatible devices to develop a comprehensive plan with … Revenue Service Yes b8f81ca1-b0a2-4f4d-acc4-9de6932ed26f File 202020036fr.pdf Yes (agency-wide) … 1 Strategies … wireless, and VPN authentication requests, we reviewed 30,131 rejected authentications,10 by error type, from the …

Fiscal Year 2020 Statutory Audit of Compliance With Notifying Taxpayers of Their Rights When Requested to Extend the Assessment Statute

Report Number
2020-30-047

… Fiscal Year 2020 Statutory Audit of Compliance With Notifying Taxpayers of Their Rights When … to Extend the Assessment Statute August 6, 2020 2020-30-047 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration … 5 U.S.C. app., 16 U.S.C., 19 U.S.C., 22 U.S.C., 23 U.S.C., 26 U.S.C., 31 U.S.C., 38 U.S.C., and 49 U.S.C.). I.R.C. § …

Improved Procedures Are Needed to Prevent the Fraudulent Use of Third‑Party Authorization Forms to Obtain Taxpayer Information

Report Number
2018-40-062

… Inspector General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $0 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should … Internal Revenue Service Yes baa7baf4-177b-4fb5-b924-17630f4a2b0b File 201840062fr.pdf Yes (agency-wide) … TREASURY … Authorizes a representative to perform acts specified in 26 Code of Federal Regulations § 601.502(c) (1) and (2), …

Review of the Internal Revenue Service's Purchase Card Violations Report

Report Number
2020-10-049

… Revenue Service's Purchase Card Violations Report July 30, 2020 2020-10-049 Treasury Inspector General for Tax … waste, or abuse, please call us at 1-800-366-4484 TIGTACommunications@tigta.treas.gov | www.treasury.gov/tigta | … General, prior to the agency submitting the report to the Office of Management and Budget. The overall objective of …

Constantly Evolving Refund Fraud Patterns Require Continued Refinement and Development of Detection Initiatives

Report Number
2020-40-040

… Inspector General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $0 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should, as … from entering the tax processing system. As of December 26, 2019, the IRS has locked the tax accounts of more than … Partners 17 18 19 Organizations Submitting Alerts 20 24 30 Alerts Posted 71 142 171 Alerts Used by the IRS 1 47 20 …