The National Taxpayer Advocate has released her Fiscal Year 2026 Objectives Report to Congress, a statutorily-required annual report outlining the objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for ...
The IRS has gone through unprecedented changes this year, and some developments orchestrated by the Trump administration have aggravated existing challenges. The National Taxpayer Advocate, Erin ...
A federal report warns that American taxpayers face a messy tax season following President Trump’s cuts to the IRS — with 25% of the agency’s workforce already decimated. In a July report highlighting ...
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, headed by the now-departed Elon Musk, said its aim was to save money. But cutting the workforce of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which enforces ...
As of May 2025, the IRS had lost more than 25% of its mission-critical enforcement staff, including auditors who handle complex high-wealth cases. As a result, operational problems abound in the ...
The unofficial agency is pursuing layoffs and office closures as part of its mission to eliminate waste in the federal government.
A group of former Internal Revenue Service leaders discussed the state of the IRS during a panel Tuesday at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C., after a wave of departures and ...