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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.

Tax Tip 2022-89, June 9, 2022 —Taxpayers interacting with the IRS have the right to finality. This right comes into play for taxpayers who are going through an audit. These taxpayers have the right to know when the IRS has finished the audit. This is one of ten basic rights — known collectively as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

IRS refers taxpayer cases selected for audit that contain artwork to Appeals Art Appraisal Services for review by the Commissioner's Art Advisory Panel.

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.

July 6, 2022 — United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced that Wayne Garvin currently of Columbia, South Carolina, and a former IRS employee, was sentenced to 13 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $74,662 restitution for filing false tax returns and providing fabricated records to the IRS in an attempt to obstruct an audit of those returns.

Examining compliance: Methods for measuring compliance

IR-2024-276, Oct. 22, 2024 — The IRS today announced the new pass-through field operations unit announced last fall has officially started work in its Large Business and International (LB&I) division to more efficiently conduct audits of pass-through entities.

April 6, 2023 — The Commissioner speaks on the release of the IRS Strategic Operating Plan.

November 10, 2022 — We are on the brink of an exciting new era for the IRS, one that is desperately needed to transform the agency to improve taxpayer service and ensure fairness in tax compliance.

Agency Financial Report (AFR) describes IRS's financial reports and includes the management quarterly updates.