… TIGTA Recommends Changes to Form 1040 to Reduce Taxpayer Filing Errors Press Release June 15, 2009 … The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could reduce the number … more than 2.3 million of those errors could have resulted from unclear or inadequate forms. An analysis of taxpayer …

… TIGTA Report Recommends Increased IRS Oversight of Farm Subsidy Income … are properly reporting subsidies and other income received from the Federal Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), … respect for the tax system." TIGTA recommended that the IRS work with the USDA to reduce the number of information …

… TIGTA Report Recommends Improvements to Disposal of Sensitive IRS Documents … personal and financial information provided by more than 130 million taxpayers is adequately protected from identity … sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information. Regional IRS officials did not regularly visit contractors to verify that …

… New TIGTA Report Recommends Improvements to Service at IRS Taxpayer Assistance … Centers (TACs) by posting waiting times on www.IRS.gov, and offering online appointment scheduling for taxpayers seeking … 18 percent of taxpayers visiting TACs waited more than 30 minutes for service and approximately 500,000 taxpayers …

… Challenges for Tax Administration" (Reference Number 2004-30-023). "TIGTA found that the IRS's primary focus is on … and pay taxes rather than ensuring that individuals fully comply with ITIN requirements," commented J. Russell George, … associated claims for the credits. In its response, the IRS officials agreed to continue to work with software companies …

… and executing the delivery of rebate checks to more than 130 million taxpayers. As of December 2008, the IRS had … payments will be erroneously issued in the future," commented J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General … However, TIGTA found that the controls were not always working as the IRS believed they would. If the IRS does not …

… TIGTA Releases Review of Fuel Excise Tax Compliance Program Press Release April 9, 2009 … The … on gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene is paid upon removal from a fuel terminal. The terminal operator is responsible … for implementing information reporting at refineries; working with the FHWA and other Federal and State partners …

… tax penalty to encourage taxpayers to pay their Federal income taxes on time and authorized the Internal Revenue … Millions of Dollars in Lost Revenue (Reference Number 2005-30-052). The IRS committed to make programming changes that … by statute. In addition, TIGTA recommended that the IRS work with the Treasury Department to seek congressional …

… concluded that the IRS has taken steps to protect its computer systems and taxpayer data from the increasing … threat of hackers. Malware, also known as malicious code or malicious software, refers to a computer program … malware incidents." According to the report, IRS employee workstations are scanned by antivirus software on a weekly …