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Casualty and Theft Loss Deductions Continue to Be Erroneously Processed Without a Valid Federal Emergency Management Agency Number

Report Number
2021-40-045

… Inspector General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $0 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Divisioin, should, as … on Schedule A and the… Internal Revenue Service Yes 8bea26f9-e6ae-4332-a47a-82140959df76 File 202140045fr.pdf Yes … The deductions claimed on these returns totaled more than $309 million. TIGTA estimates these individuals underpaid …

The Internal Revenue Service Completed Extensive Programming and Systems Changes in a Compressed Timeframe for the 2019 Filing Season

Report Number
2019-24-035

… The Internal Revenue Service Completed Extensive Programming and Systems Changes in a … Tax Administration Audit Internal Revenue Service Yes a10c76fc-f08a-4a1b-989a-d6370c0c6d86 File 201924035fr.pdf Yes … Figure 3 illustrates resolved problem tickets. There were 26 resolved Priority 1 tickets, 378 resolved Priority 2 …

Software Version Control Management Needs Improvement

Report Number
2019-20-031

… create and execute a plan to periodically monitor and compare software running on the enterprise against the … and securely. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103 Software Version Control Management Needs … fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. IBM BigFix A collaborative endpoint management and …

Former IRS-CI Special Agent Found Guilty in a Scheme Designed to Defraud and Obstruct the IRS

Investigation
… and obstruction of justice. Aleykina was charged with the offenses in October 2016. According to the court documents, … as an IRS-Criminal Investigation (CI) special agent from approximately 2006 to 2014. Aleykina also was a … Three of the returns were Aleykina's own individual income tax returns, and three were tax returns for trusts that …

Man Sentenced To Eight Years in Prison for Role in an IRS Impersonation Scam

Investigation
… Impersonation Scam Investigation August 22, 2018 … On May 30, 2018, in the Southern District of Texas, Vedas Engineer … Sanghavi were indicted in May 2017 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with the … guilty in December 2017. According to the court documents, from about June 2015 until May 2017, Engineer, Sanghavi, and …

Miami Tax Services Provider Charged With Assaulting and Threatening IRS Employee with Shotgun

Investigation
… Threatening IRS Employee with Shotgun Investigation July 26, 2018 … On June 5, 2018, in the Southern District of … assaulting an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue officer with a deadly weapon while the victim was in the … On May 23, 2018, a court found Sierra to be a danger to the community, and a U.S. Magistrate Judge ordered his pretrial …

Former IRS Employee Sentenced for Stealing Taxpayer's Identity

Investigation
… for Stealing Taxpayer's Identity Investigation July 26, 2018 … On May 11, 2018, in the Western District of … Security Number (SSN). Payne had been indicted for the offenses in July 2017, and pled guilty in January 2018. … CreditSecure notified the victim that his identity had been compromised and that multiple credit accounts had been set …

South Florida Woman Indicted for Her Role in an IRS Impersonation Scam

Investigation
… Impersonation Scam Investigation June 19, 2018 … On April 26, 2018, in the Southern District of Florida, Amy Ahrens was indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with a … special agents subsequently arrested Ahrens for the offenses on April 27, 2018. The scheme to defraud in this …