TIGTA Report Archives - Federal Direct Tax

IRS May Fine 122,133 Paid Tax Preparers $345 Million in Penalties

Joseph Rogers — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:38:25 +0000

Last tax season marked an increasing level of noncompliance by tax preparers with the Internal Revenue Service’s due diligence reporting requirements for the Earned Income Tax Credit, according to a new report reviewing the IRS’s performance during the delayed tax season. The report, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, found that as of […]

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IRS Getting Stricter on Enforcing Preparer Penalties

Joseph Rogers — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:06:43 +0000

According to a report by TIGTA (requested by the IRS Oversight Board to determine its efficiency in using the existing requirements and penalty regime that applies to unenrolled paid tax return preparers) there are several areas where the IRS could improve. The overall objective was to determine whether controls are in place to ensure […]

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IRS Could Review Previously Processed ITINs for Fraud Patterns

Joseph Rogers — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:55:43 +0000

According to Accounting Today, the IRS and TIGTA have almost made up. Not entirely, but TIGTA is letting the IRS move back into the house (personification- no actual move took place). While the IRS is only, at this point, satisfying 7 of 9 measures that TIGTA wants to see, the Service plans to really work […]

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