IRS nonfiler cases: Delays and renewed enforcement A recent Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) review highlights a significant issue in the IRS’s efforts to pursue high-income taxpayers who have not filed required federal tax returns. The findings also reinforce an important practical point: a delayed IRS notice should never be mistaken for a
Recent budget proposals in Washington include a roughly $1.4 billion reduction to the IRS’s annual funding, with a significant portion targeted at enforcement activities. The administration has framed this as a way to streamline operations and trim “inefficiency and duplicative spending,” while House appropriators have advanced a funding bill that would lower enforcement dollars well
Earlier this month, the IRS has announced the new targets for their examination efforts. This information is in line with the previous discussion to target wealthy individuals over the $400,000 income threshold that was mentioned by President Joe Biden in the 2022 State of the Union speech, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who instructed the IRS
