Each year, the National Taxpayer Advocate reports to Congress on how the IRS is performing—and where taxpayers continue to face challenges. The most recent reports, released in January and June 2026, show that while the IRS is handling a high volume of returns efficiently, issues still arise when matters become more complex, and there is
In the IR-2025-71, the IRS shared the mid year report to Congress and provided a summary of items. These items below indicate the areas of focus and improvement for the future: Status on the 2024 filing season The IRS received around 141 million return (processed 138 million - the difference might be bounced returns due
In the 2023 National Taxpayer Advocate report to Congress, this organization lists a number of issues that the IRS should address as priorities for "serious" problems. The report is public and published each year. Additionally, the report provides details in plain language of why each problem has a significant impact on the taxpayers and how
More and more often, personal data gets hacked, exposed, etc. Some of you remember the Equifax data breach with 147 million people impacted and a settlement of up to $425 million dollars and there have been many other cases since then. The most recent one is the National Public Data that exposed 3 billion individuals
On April 4th, 2024, the IRS shared that the Federal Communications Commission issued a cease and desist letter to Veriwave Telco as the company was making millions of calls (prerecorded message) regarding a National Tax Relief Program. "... The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau today issued a cease-and-desist letter against Veriwave Telco. The letter ordered Veriwave Telco
