IRS | Tax Policy Center

What We Need To Know To Judge The IRS’s Effectiveness

The fate of a government agency’s funding is always precarious—and especially so for the Internal Revenue Service, one of the most unpopular federal agencies in...

September 20, 2024Janet Holtzblatt

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Improving Tax Administration, One Math Error Notice at a Time

Mistakes happen during tax filing season, so Congress has given the IRS “math error authority”...

May 14, 2024Margot Crandall-Hollick

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Another Year Would Enable Direct File to Prove Its Worth to The IRS And Congress

How did you file your tax return this year? Paid a preparer? Bought software? Did you, like me, use the fillable forms on the Internal...

April 29, 2024Janet Holtzblatt

Business Taxes: TaxVox

Why Are Big-Time College Sports Revenues Exempt From Income Tax?

The NCAA’s proposal to allow big-time university and college sports programs to pay salaries to their athletes has me wondering what it will take for...

December 21, 2023Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Will The Supreme Court Use A Fishing Dispute To Curb Treasury and IRS Tax Rules?

Is the US Supreme Court fishing for a way to upend decades of judicial deference to tax rules issued by the IRS and Treasury? The...

September 14, 2023Howard Gleckman

Business Taxes: TaxVox

Could Congress Actually Crack Down On Tax Exempt Political Organizations?

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ) announced they are looking into political abuses by non-profit...

August 16, 2023Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

2023 Tax Season Takeaways: Fewer Filers as IRS Rebounds

Preliminary IRS data on the 2023 tax filing season illustrates that the agency has recovered from pandemic disruptions, with a calmer tax season thanks to...

June 12, 2023Robert A. Weinberger

Individual Taxes: TaxVox