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The Internal Revenue Service Has Not Used Critical Position Pay Authority to Hire Employees

July 24, 2017

Press Release

… field and must be critical to the successful accomplishment of the agency's mission. IRS officials have not pursued use of the CPPA because they … SCP, all are required to be off the IRS rolls by September 30, 2017. "We encourage the IRS to fully explore using the …

Actions Need to Be Taken to Ensure Compliance With Prisoner Reporting Requirements and Improve Identification of Prisoner Returns

July 24, 2017

Press Release

… Actions Need to Be Taken to Ensure Compliance With Prisoner Reporting Requirements and Improve … Social Security Number (SSN), according to a report that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration … the IRS to obtain Prisoner Update Processing System data from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and provide …

Processes Do Not Maximize the Use of Third-Party Income Documents to Identify Potentially Improper Refundable Credit Claims

July 20, 2017

Press Release

… Processes Do Not Maximize the Use of Third-Party Income Documents to Identify … the integrity provisions of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015. These provisions are …

September 24, 2019

Firewall Administration Needs Improvement

Report Number

2019-20-061

… and Chief, Criminal Investigation, should ensure that comprehensive and accurate inventories of information system … CI Criminal Investigation **11** ***********11********** FCR Firewall Change Request FISMA Federal Information … Page 25 Firewall Administration Needs Improvement Page 26 Firewall Administration Needs Improvement Page 27 …

Centralization of Identity Theft Victim Assistance Reduced Case Closure Time Frames and Tax Account Errors

June 8, 2017

Press Release

… Centralization of Identity Theft Victim Assistance Reduced Case Closure Time Frames and … Administration (TIGTA). Identity theft for the purpose of committing refund fraud occurs when an individual uses … cases. In July 2015, the IRS centralized multiple functions working to assist identity theft victims into one IRS …

Improvements Are Needed to Ensure Accounts on the Automated Non-Master File Are Accurately Processed

May 30, 2017

Press Release

… Non-Master File Are Accurately Processed Press Release May 30, 2017 … WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) … $4.5 billion in unpaid tax, penalties, and interest due from taxpayers, is subject to calculation errors and … Non-Master File accounts," he added. TIGTA made six recommendations that include correcting ANMF computation of …

Implementation of the Health Coverage Tax Credit Enrollment and Systemic Advance Monthly Payment Process

May 25, 2017

Press Release

… process in Calendar Year 2016 to help certain displaced workers and retirees pay for health insurance. The interim … displaced workers and retirees. The IRS also initiated a comprehensive outreach effort to inform the public about the … individuals had a characteristic that disqualified them from claiming the HCTC. TIGTA recommended that the IRS …

Revised Refundable Credit Risk Assessments Still Do Not Provide an Accurate Measure of the Risk of Improper Payments

May 2, 2017

Press Release

… that it issued 24 percent, ($16.8 billion), in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments improperly in Fiscal Year … "significant improper payments" in Federal programs. The Office of Management and Budget has declared the Earned … For FY 2015, the potential AOTC improper payment rate is 30.7 percent ($1.8 billion). "TIGTA's audits of improper …

Eight Individuals Arrested for Fraud in IRS Phone Scams

April 27, 2017

Press Release

… Revenue Service (IRS) agents in order to obtain money from victims by falsely representing that the victims owed … representing TIGTA and the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General (SSAOIG) arrested eight … suspects in Miami, FL on April 25, 2017, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the court documents, the …

Affordable Care Act: Assessment of Efforts to Implement the Employer Shared Responsibility Provision

April 10, 2017

Press Release

… processes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to ensure compliance with the Employer Shared Responsibility Provision … with an average of 50 or more full-time employees to offer health insurance coverage to them and their … did not always work as intended. For example, error codes were erroneously generated when no error condition …

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