The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee launched an investigation Thursday into why the IRS has failed to collect billions of dollars in unpaid taxes owed by current and former federal workers, demanding data on enforcement efforts as the number of delinquent government employees climbs sharply.
The Internal Revenue Service is considering adding a citizenship disclosure question to Form 1040, the standard federal income tax return filed by more than 150 million Americans each year, according to anonymous sources cited by Reuters.
Some 215,000 federal government employees failed to pay their federal taxes in 2024, and the collective tab has reached $2.1 billion, according to a report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
The IRS paid out $213 million in Earned Income Tax Credits to roughly 67,000 tax filers using nonwork Social Security numbers, money the agency's own inspector general says should never have gone out the door.
More than 1,000 IRS employees violated the terms of the agency's student loan repayment program, according to a new audit released Monday by the IRS inspector general.
A federal judge ruled that the IRS illegally disclosed taxpayer information relating to ICE, although a separate judge earlier this week permitted the agency to continue sharing data with immigration enforcement.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can continue sharing data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), will now also serve as CEO of the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department announced Monday. This dual appointment comes at a pivotal time, with the IRS facing a staffing crisis, looming regulatory deadlines, and the pressures of a government shutdown.
