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Partnership With State and Industry Leaders Is a Key Focus in Further Reducing Tax‑Related Identity Theft

Report Number
2019-40-012

… Inspector General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $0 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should revise … space. 21 ISAC members posted an additional 31 alerts after the filing season as a result of their post-filing … The SSA explained that these records were not previously added to the Death Master File because of its concerns …

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should evaluate and revise the scoring process to ensure that the cases with the highest risk are scored as such. This process should include adding weight to cases with higher Questionable Refund Program…

Recommendation number
3
… The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should evaluate … Questionable Refund Program… Wed, 09/01/2021 - 20:00 3 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should evaluate … Taxpayer Identification Number repeaters. The Earned Income Tax Credit Examination Compliance Strategy Can Be …

Results of the 2018 Filing Season

Report Number
2019-40-013

… General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $208940152 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should ensure … someone else's SSN. Internal Revenue Service Yes d83fc485-b839-4708-8e80-65d3618adc3e File 201940013fr.pdf Yes … ensuring that an employment identity theft marker is added to the tax account of the legitimate taxpayer whose …

The Internal Revenue Service's Bank Secrecy Act Program Has Minimal Impact on Compliance

Report Number
2018-30-071

… Service's Bank Secrecy Act Program Has Minimal Impact on Compliance September 24, 2018 2018-30-071 Treasury Inspector … violations of the BSA are, in practice, extremely rare.”20 After receiving a referral of a Title 31 case for which … enclosure. In June 2017, Letter 2277 was revised, which added Publication 1 and Publication 5264 Your Exam Rights, …

Federal Information Security Modernization Act Report for Fiscal Year 2018

Report Number
2018-20-082

… $0 $0 Internal Revenue Service Yes 8e951b70-eac7-4614-aefc-0539afc68f5e File 201820082fr.pdf Yes (agency-wide) … … document. Phone Number / 202-622-6500 E-mail Address / TIGTACommunications@tigta.treas.gov Website / … metric domain addition from the prior year. The DHS added the Data Protection and Privacy domain to better align …

Cybersecurity Act of 2015: Report on the Information Security Management Practices of the Internal Revenue Service

Report Number
2016-2R-079

… Statute . Phone Number / 202-622-6500 E-mail Address / TIGTACommunications@tigta.treas.gov Website / … requests for changes to IRS firewall rules and policies. After evaluating the security risks associated with the … of hosts on the network. This capability provides an added layer of protection (in addition to the network-based …