Chuck Rettig

IRS backlog metrics ‘don’t translate’ into workforce efforts, commissioner says

The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, in its annual report to Congress, found the IRS experienced over 100 continuing resolutions since…

Workforce

AP/Patrick Semansky

IRS expects to finish processing 2021 tax return backlog this week

Agency Oversight

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS expands AI-powered bots to set up payment plans with taxpayers over the phone

Artificial Intelligence

IRS gets $1B funding increase in draft FY 2023 bill from House appropriators

Budget

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IRS seeks to fast-track 4,000 hires to improve taxpayer experience

Hiring/Retention

IRS looks to automate how it processes paper tax returns to tackle its backlog

IT Modernization

Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

On Capitol Hill, a deepening commitment to keep arms flowing to Ukraine

Congress

EPA changing onboarding process due to pandemic’s effect on the workplace

Federal Newscast

What IRS office reentry plans mean for the rest of the federal workforce

Federal Report

telework, work at home, office, federal employee

IRS brings teleworking staff back to office in phased reentry starting in May

Workforce

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2021, file photo shows a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak is seen in San Antonio. President Joe Biden has proposed more than $3 trillion worth of revenue increases, primarily through higher taxes for corporations and the country's richest households as well as greater IRS enforcement that would target the wealthy. But key lawmakers voiced doubts this week about the size and possible impacts on the economy as congressional committees weighed the measures and a wide array of business groups sifted through the details to highlight what they oppose. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

IRS plans to hire staff to tackle backlog faster, but struggles on competitive pay

Workforce

FILE - Sunlight shines on the U.S. House of Representatives and Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. In good times or bad, U.S. presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong,” or words very much like it. Whatever phrase President Joe Biden uses in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, American unity and strength are being sharply tested on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senate passes $1.5T omnibus spending deal seeking state of the federal workforce updates

The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2022 directs agencies to brief lawmakers on a variety of federal workforce issues in the coming months.

Budget

IRS plans pivot to Login.gov, lets users create online accounts without facial recognition

The IRS, after weeks of pushback from Congress and the public, is now allowing taxpayers to sign up for an online account without the use of any biometric…

Agency Oversight

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS takes steps to avoid tax return processing delays as filing season starts

Agency Oversight

The IRS, looking to avoid unnecessary processing delays at the start of this year’s filing season, is sending letters to taxpayers who received an Economic Impact Payment or child tax credit payment in 2021.