The IRS Under Siege

WaPo: DHS Seeking Personal IRS Data of 700,000 Suspected Undocumented People

In immigration news, The Washington Post is reporting the Department of Homeland Security has asked the IRS to hand over detailed information on about 700,000 suspected undocumented immigrants, including their home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. According to the Post, the Internal Revenue Service initially refused the request, but the agency’s new acting commissioner is reportedly exploring how to comply. Federal law bars the IRS …

After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say

As the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce, a familiar target of budget cuts is squarely in the crosshairs: the IRS. And mass firings at the tax agency last month may soon benefit wealthy Americans, who were a key focus of President Biden’s efforts to strengthen tax enforcement. Some audits of rich individuals and corporations are at immediate risk of being closed prematurely without action due to a lack of personnel to…

Sponsor spotlight: The impact of IRS layoffs

During the recent chaos of federal government employment moves over the past couple of weeks, two actions will impact how filing your tax return this year could go and how...

The IRS Under Siege

Washington Post: “Put that all together, and what do you get? An unprecedented attack on the U.S. tax system in the middle of filing season.”

Trump Admin Fires Federal Tech Team That Built Free IRS Tax-Filing Site - The Thinking Conservative

Trump admin has removed the team of federal workers who helped build the IRS’s free tax-filing platform and reworked websites across government. The post Trump Admin Fires Federal Tech Team That Built Free IRS Tax-Filing Site appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

Trump Admin Fires Federal Tech Team That Built Free IRS Tax-Filing Site

The Trump administration has removed the team of federal workers who helped build the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) free tax-filing platform and reworked websites across government, a General Service Administration spokesperson said on March 1. GSA’s Director of Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, notified the employees on a digital service team called 18F that they had been deemed “non-critical” and their jobs were terminated, …