Cybersecurity
IRS’ Rush to Secure Exposed Taxpayer Data Left It Vulnerable Again
Personal information about more than 350,000 taxpayers was compromised in 2015. Three years later, it’s still not secure.
Cybersecurity
Audit finds another cyber headache for IRS
Two years after the Get Transcript breach, officials at the tax agency are still getting dinged for insufficient protection of sensitive taxpayer data.
Modernization
IRS Plans to Hire 1,700, Upgrade Outdated Technology
In a new strategic plan, the agency projects a 17 percent increase in phone calls as it implements the new tax law.
Cybersecurity
The IRS Doesn’t Know Who’s Accessing Its Most Sensitive Data
The tax agency also isn’t patching vulnerabilities on those systems in a timely manner, an audit found.
Cybersecurity
IRS closes in on industry-based fraud squad
The IRS is inching closer to operationalizing a public-private information sharing center to help prevent tax fraud including refund scams and identity theft.
Ideas
Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Tax Fraud
Machine-learning technology can serve as a valuable tool for tax auditors, but what is the best technique?
Modernization
IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New Hardware
Congress and watchdogs have been warning the IRS to upgrade its systems for years.
Digital Government
IRS Says Online Tax Systems Are Back In Business
Agency teams worked through the night to restore services, the acting administrator said.
Cybersecurity
Taxpayers Get Extra Day To File After IRS Online Tools Go Down
The IRS extended Tax Day to midnight April 18 after unidentified outages took down key online tools Tuesday.
Digital Government
IRS systems crash on tax day
The tech failure at IRS may not be due to legacy IT, but rather to modern front-end systems that are typically hardened and tested in advance the annual filing deadline.
Digital Government
How the IRS Cut Tax Season Headaches by 19 percent
The agency's early outreach efforts appear to be paying off.
Digital Government
IRS chief may be overselling tax IT modernization
Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told a House panel that the agency has made significant progress on legacy system CADE2, but that conflicts with recent statements from the CIO.
Cybersecurity
The IRS Is Stopping Fewer Fraudulent Returns. And That’s A Good Thing.
The agency had identified only about $46 million in phony refunds as of late February.
Digital Government
If You Traded Crypto on Coinbase, the IRS Might Be Coming For You
Some of the top-earning users traded over $20,000 on the exchange in a single year.
Acquisition
The IRS wants to talk business
The tax agency's procurement leaders want a more open dialogue with industry, but acknowledge that message doesn’t always make its way down the chain of command.
Digital Government
Tax watchdog dings IRS on security controls
Poor security controls for an online tax transcript service at the IRS may be fueling refund fraud, an inspector general audit found.
Digital Government
Just in time for tax season: An IRS example of (online) government at its worst
An experience with online forms drives one of government's most ardent advocates to complain.
Modernization
The IRS System Processing Your Taxes is Almost 60 Years Old
The IRS’ Individual Master File may be the oldest IT system in government and its failure could disrupt tax processing nationwide.
Cybersecurity
