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In our latest report, we found that an IRS platform designed to improve taxpayer service has user access issues.

Read the full report for more:

https://t.co/tuWNlWk05S

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$858 million in financial benefits in six months.

That's the amount of financial benefits we recovered, protected, and identified through audits, investigations, and inspections of IRS programs and operations.

Find out how we did it:

https://t.co/TQpjuVIBED

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In our new report, we found several issues that contributed to the approval of potentially ineligible applicants for the IRS's Electronic Filing Program.

Read the full report:

https://t.co/igYACmGLQU

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Georgia Man Sentenced To 37 Months After Pleading Guilty To Defrauding COVID-19 Era Economic Programs

Read the press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado:

https://t.co/pWBv2YY0jM

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The IRS receives trillions of dollars in federal tax revenue annually via payments from people and businesses. But what happens when a payment has incomplete or missing information?

Our latest report looked into the process:

https://t.co/2vFTb6mwMM

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We identified 173 instances of IRS employees’ mobile devices connecting to a foreign cellular network (without a travel authorization) to use their work equipment overseas. The connections were located in 37 countries, spanning 5 continents.

Read more: https://t.co/YyhrJQrvdK

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Mexican National Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Tax Fraud Scheme @IRS_CI @TIGTA https://t.co/TTr6Qz4Qir

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Received a CP53E notice from the IRS? If you didn’t provide or update your bank info, this notice prompts you to do so via your IRS Online Account. Here's how to see if it's legit: https://t.co/OJpRJ3jUmh

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Read our latest report on IRS's push to go paperless 🚫 📰

https://t.co/qjsLYMIo8S

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In our newest reports, we found that the IRS improved the process it uses to flag tax returns for signs of potential identity theft and that IRS employees worked 600,000 more overtime hours in 2025 than they did in 2024.

Read more about our findings:

https://t.co/2bGsX8AxsL

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We just issued two new reports 📝📝 on IRS's efforts to address federal employee tax compliance and timely resolve IT incidents.

Read a quick summary:

https://t.co/e4iUwvEyuz

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It takes dedicated and skilled professionals to achieve an impressive stat like this – and it’s a reminder of what #PSRW2026 is all about. Thank you to our nearly 300-person Office of Investigations for protecting our nation’s tax system from internal and external threats.

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Want to find out how the IRS can reduce some improper Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments?

Read our latest report: https://t.co/lBUnSJArn2

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If you peek under TIGTA’s hood, you’ll see the hard work of ~130 employees in our support offices.

💵 Managing a responsible budget.
🖥️ Providing secure tech.
🔢 Turning data into insights.
📁 Processing FOIA requests timely.
📣 Informing the public about key IRS happenings.

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The 32 employees in our Office of Inspections & Evaluations are our boots on the ground. They point out ways IRS can make its ~500 offices safer and call IRS phone lines to test if someone picks up.

Their work yields safety for IRS employees and better service for taxpayers.

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Four Defendants, Including Two Former U.S. Postal Service Employees, Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal $84 Million in U.S. Treasury Checks @OIGUSPS @PhillyUSPIS @TIGTA @HSIPhiladelphia @FBIPhiladelphia @TheSSAOIG https://t.co/jLVAO4ESes

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To the nearly 200 employees in our Office of Audit, thank you. Every day you're crunching complex data and asking the IRS tough questions.

The result for taxpayers?

💵Money saved.
🔒Sensitive data that's protected.
📨Notices made easier to understand.

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Early last year, the IRS cancelled more than 340 contracts. But calculating the potential costs savings on those can get a little tricky.

We spoke with @FederalNewsNet to break down the math.

🎧 Listen here:

https://t.co/8SuI7mYT9h

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Behind almost every investigation is a hotline tip or allegation. Thank you to our hotline team who processed 19,600 last year. It's the start of a scam or a threat being stopped - and a tax system made safer for you. That’s what #PSRW2026 is all about.

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Former U.S. Postal Carriers, Bank Manager, and Convicted Felon Indicted on Federal Charges for Nearly $5 Million Bank Fraud and Mail Theft Scheme

Read the press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia:

https://t.co/Pf99jJ8aOG