… Who Deduct Potential Hobby Losses to Offset Other Income Press Release May 4, 2016 … WASHINGTON - The Treasury … that the IRS can improve its methods for identifying high-income taxpayers who may be offsetting their income with … taxpayers in order to deter future non-compliance," he added. TIGTA recommended that the IRS: 1) make use of its …

… of health care insurance for those with low or moderate income. Individuals can receive the PTC in advance or can … allowable amount of the PTC on their tax return. The House Committee on Appropriations requested that TIGTA evaluate … the burden on taxpayers entitled to these claims," he added. TIGTA verified that the IRS processes to identify …

… - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) needs to revise computer programming and correct its procedures to ensure it … nontax debts or applied as a credit to a future tax period. After the tax overpayments have been offset to existing … computer programming cannot provide this assurance," he added. TIGTA made seven recommendations in its report, with …

… corrective actions in response to TIGTA's previous recommendations and to evaluate the IRS's approval and … this audit, TIGTA found that the IRS addressed all nine recommendations that TIGTA made in its 2013 report. "Our … to ensure that taxpayer funds are used efficiently," he added. Excessive conference and event spending by Federal …

… should develop a consistent process to ensure that managers complete their reviews of Automated Age Listings - that is, … Management responded that they would ensure that managers completed these reviews, noting that they would develop a … timely processing or resolving correspondence cases," he added. TIGTA recommended that the IRS ensure that managers …

… have a process to ensure that State certification data are complete. TIGTA's comparison of the 5,064,269 single-State employers … that IRS processes do not adequately do this," he added. TIGTA recommended that the Commissioner, Small …

… deposits to a single bank account in an effort to further combat identity theft. "With identity theft continually … its identity theft detection and prevention efforts," he added. With the RRP, the IRS can change or adjust selection … which the IRS did not reissue a refund check as required after the taxpayer contacted the IRS and made an address …

… employees this filing season. "The phone fraud scam has become an epidemic, robbing taxpayers of millions of dollars … anything to con you out of your hard-earned cash," George added. "We will be very aggressive in pursuing those … of roughly 896,000 contacts since October 2013 and has become aware of over 5,000 victims who have collectively paid …

… reminded taxpayers to remain on "High Alert" during the coming tax filing season to avoid being conned by criminals … of Justice news release. "This is the largest, most comprehensive investigation that TIGTA has ever conducted, … proud of our work," said Inspector General George, who added that collaboration between TIGTA and a broad …