The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is on a mission to combat tax fraud, a challenge that led to an estimated loss of $688 billion in unpaid taxes between 2020 and 2021. To address this, the IRS ...

The front doors of the Internal Revenue Service building are seen in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) A group of House lawmakers ...

Fraud victims wondering whether they can deduct a portion of their financial losses tied to scams on their taxes just got some clarification from the IRS. In a memo released last month, the IRS Office ...

IRS Encourages Taxpayers To Take Measures To Prevent Fraud The IRS is encouraging taxpayers to get an identity protection PIN (IP PIN). An IP PIN is a six-digit number that helps prevent thieves from ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Have you received a threatening phone call recently saying you owe thousands of dollars to the IRS and you will be arrested if you don't pay? The federal government says it's ...

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Hundreds of IRS employees are at risk from the Trump administration’s government-wide firing spree that began Friday.

The healthcare entity that slapped the Internal Revenue Service with a class action lawsuit back in March over allegedly seizing the private medical records of 10 million Americans has now been ...

A former Internal Revenue Service employee pleaded guilty on Wednesday to filing fake tax returns to fraudulently obtain tax refunds and stealing Social Security benefits, the U.S. Attorney said.

Anyone can fall victim to fraud but the elderly may be particularly vulnerable. In 2024, Americans aged 60-plus reported the ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 budget calls for slashing the IRS budget to $9.8 billion, its lowest funding level since 2002. That includes a drastic 33% cut to enforcement, a move that’s both ...

We’re glad the IRS stated today that they apparently found nothing untoward regarding the temple’s finances ... Since no normal person would have been able to get the IRS to send them such a letter ...