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May 15, 2023 — Text of the May 15, 2023, letter IRS Commissioner Werfel shared with the Senate Finance Committee and other members of Congress following questions about apparent racial disparity in the selection of tax returns for audit.

IR-2023-140, Aug. 4, 2023 — The IRS issued Notice 2023-59 today regarding the requirements for home energy audits for taxpayers that want to claim the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit.

IR-2024-46, Feb. 21, 2024 — Using Inflation Reduction Act funding and as part of ongoing efforts to improve tax compliance in high-income categories, the Internal Revenue Service announced today plans to begin dozens of audits on business aircraft involving personal use.

IR-2024-198, July 26, 2024 — As the Internal Revenue Service intensifies work on the Employee Retention Credit, the agency today shared five new warning signs being seen on incorrect claims by businesses.

IR-2024-78, March 22, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that compliance efforts around erroneous Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims have topped more than $1 billion so far since last fall as work continues on a number of efforts to counter questionable claims pushed by aggressive marketing, including an aggressive push on claims made for 2021.

Jan. 16, 2024 — A former coal broker pleaded guilty today in North Carolina to attempting to obstruct an IRS audit and criminal investigation.

June 5, 2024 — A Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, businessman was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading his income taxes, failing to file an income tax return and obstructing an IRS audit.

May 16, 2023 — A federal grand jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, returned an indictment today charging a man with filing false individual tax returns and attempting to obstruct an IRS audit and criminal investigation.

IR-2022-136, July 12, 2022 — The Internal Revenue Service, one of the largest single employers of professional accountants, is now hiring 470 revenue agents who will specialize in auditing or examining both individual and business taxpayers nationwide.

IR-2024-174, June 26, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the mailing of a time-limited settlement offer for certain taxpayers who participated in Syndicated Conservation Easements (SCE) and substantially similar transactions that are under audit in the IRS’s Large Business & International and Small Business and Self-Employed divisions.