TaxVox: Tax administration (business)

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

September 14, 2023 –

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...

Federal Budget and Economy

Prospects for “Moore” Damage to Our Tax Code

July 3, 2023 –

The US Supreme Court recently agreed to review the case of Moore v. United States . The question presented sounds dry and technical: “Whether the...

Individual Taxes

What The Debt Ceiling Agreement Means For The IRS

June 1, 2023 –

What policymakers give, policymakers can take away. Nine months after Congress enacted President Biden’s proposal to boost the Internal Revenue Service’s 10-year budget by $80...

treasury deputy secretary wally adeyemo speaking at an April 17 Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center event on the tax filing season

Individual Taxes

Fixing The IRS Will Require Much More Than Hiring Additional Staff

April 19, 2023 –

As usual, the politicians are missing the point: Success or failure of the IRS’s ambitious plan to spend $80 billion in new money won’t be...

Federal Budget and Economy

The IRS Thinks Big About How To Spend $80 Billion

April 11, 2023 –

The Internal Revenue Service has taken a major step forward with its release of a plan detailing how the agency will invest the ten-year $80...

photo of the outside of the IRS headquarters

Individual Taxes

The IRS Misses Its Deadline For Completing A Plan To Spend $80 Billion In New Money

February 22, 2023 –

Yes, I’ve known for months that my taxes are due by April 18. But I’m changing tax preparers. And I’m really busy at work. And...

house appropriations committee chair kay granger

Individual Taxes

The House GOP’s Vote To Cut IRS Funding Was Just One Skirmish In A Long War

January 11, 2023 –

It is easy to write off as mere symbolism the House vote to rescind nearly all the $80 billion IRS funding increase Congress approved last...

Individual Taxes

How Will Congress Assess The Success Of Its $80 Billion Investment In The IRS?

December 8, 2022 –

How will we know whether the Inflation Reduction Act’s $80 billion ten-year investment in the Internal Revenue Service is successful? Unfortunately, measuring performance isn’t easy,...

Individual Taxes

Can Machine Learning Improve Tax Enforcement Without Human Teachers?

July 14, 2022 –

When it comes to tax enforcement, I used to believe the Internal Revenue Service could never have too much information. But the agency already collects...

Federal Budget and Economy

Why Another Brutal Filing Season for The IRS May Not Help It Get More Funding

April 18, 2022 –

The Internal Revenue Service has limped through yet another tax filing season, reduced to plugging staffing holes in customer service and returns processing by shifting...