(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) IRS picks 8 new members for electronic tax filing advisory committee The group is a public forum for the discussion of e-filing issues and its core goal is to promote the use of paperless tax returns. Sep 20, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig testifies before the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee on March 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing on the 2022 tax filing season. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Inflation Reduction Act to include $4.8B for IRS to beef up IT systems The bill includes funding for the Internal Revenue Service to modernize its IT business systems and digital asset monitoring. Aug 8, 2022 By Nihal Krishan
Charles Rettig testifies in a Senate Finance Committee hearing. (Committee video) IRS commissioner warns lawmakers about IT spending shortfall In fiscal 2021 the agency had to request $600 million in interappropriation transfers to cover its IT spending shortfall. Sep 10, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones
Charles Rettig testifies in a Senate Finance Committee hearing. (Committee video) IT modernization is a $2B top priority for IRS Underscoring the need to modernize IRS's IT is also a critical need to hire tech and cybersecurity specialists. Apr 11, 2019 By Billy Mitchell