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The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should: After receiving legal guidance from Chief Counsel's office, the Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division should prioritize the work needed to update Form 8379 and its instructions to inform…

May 18, 2016

Recommendation number

3

… The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should: After receiving legal guidance from Chief Counsel's office, the Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division should prioritize the work needed to update Form 8379 and its instructions to …

February 7, 2018

Actions Are Needed to Reduce the Risk of Fraudulent Use of Employer Identification Numbers and to Improve the Effectiveness of the Application Process

Report Number

2018-40-013

… Inspector General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $0 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should correct … and Investment Division, should ensure the validity of the 26,889 EINs we identified as being assigned to estates for … Response to the Draft Report ....................... Page 30 Actions Are Needed to Reduce the Risk of Fraudulent Use …

The Commissioner, Large Business and International (LB&I) Division, should coordinate with the Commissioner, Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Division, to classify offshore voluntary disclosure requests so that some OVDP certifications can be…

June 1, 2016

Recommendation number

6

… The Commissioner, Large Business and International (LB&I) … Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Division, to classify offshore voluntary disclosure requests so that some OVDP … disclosure requests so that some OVDP certifications can be worked by lower graded revenue agents. Improvements Are …

February 5, 2018

Electronic Authentication Process Controls Have Been Improved, but Have Not Yet Been Fully Implemented

Report Number

2018-20-007

… for Tax Administration Audit $0 $0 The Chief Information Officer should prepare a plan of action and milestones to … . Phone Number / 202-622-6500 E-mail Address / TIGTACommunications@tigta.treas.gov Website / … 23,991 (24 percent) of them with refunds claimed totaling $26 million were potentially fraudulent. • Electronic Filing …

The Small Business/Self-Employed Division Director, Collection, should review the levy determination for the 17 levies that caused financial hardship and refund any appropriate amounts to taxpayers pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6343(d)(2).

June 29, 2016

Recommendation number

3

… The Small Business/Self-Employed Division Director, … amounts to taxpayers pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6343(d)(2). Wed, 06/29/2016 - 20:00 3 The Small … to Internal Revenue Code Section 6343(d)(2). Revenue Officer Levies of Social Security Benefits Indicate That …

The Director, Collection, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, should require, when possible, the prompt assignment of the respective individual taxpayer account(s)to the same revenue officer working the business trust fund case.

June 29, 2016

Recommendation number

1

… The Director, Collection, Small Business/Self-Employed … individual taxpayer account(s)to the same revenue officer working the business trust fund case. Wed, 06/29/2016 - …

January 29, 2018

Some Legal Requirements to Deactivate Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers Have Not Been Met

Report Number

2018-40-011

… General for Tax Administration Audit $0 $3294227 The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should modify … Page 30 Appendix VII – Management’s Response to the Draft Report … issued June 30, 2014. 11 TIGTA, Ref. No. 2015-40-026, Efforts Are Resulting in the Improved Identification of …

The Director, Collection, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, should consider requiring revenue officers to complete a TFRP completeness checklist that includes all items from the Control Point Monitoring (CPM) Advisory checklist prior to sending…

June 29, 2016

Recommendation number

4

… Division, should consider requiring revenue officers to complete a TFRP completeness checklist that includes all items from the Control Point Monitoring (CPM) Advisory checklist …

The Director, Collection, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, should remind the ACS Support function's employees of the IRM requirement to use the ALS lien notice screen to update the mail status of the lien notice with the appropriate…

July 6, 2016

Recommendation number

3

… The Director, Collection, Small Business/Self-Employed … status of the lien notice with the appropriate transaction code and action code combination. Fiscal Year 2016 Statutory Review of Compliance …

The Chief, Agency-Wide Shared Services should evaluate the findings from the IRS facilities TIGTA visited to determine whether a revision to the Internal Revenue Manual is needed to reinforce the requirement that safety officers perform and document…

July 13, 2016

Recommendation number

2

… Agency-Wide Shared Services should evaluate the findings from the IRS facilities TIGTA visited to determine whether a … Manual is needed to reinforce the requirement that safety officers perform and document… Wed, 07/13/2016 - 20:00 2 The … The Internal Revenue Service Has a Process to Respond to Workplace Injuries, but Some Improvements Could Be Made No …

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