1996 GAO Reports on the IRS

The mission of GAO's Tax Policy and Administration issue area is to provide Congress, the Executive Branch, and the public with timely, accurate, and objective analyses and information to improve our nation's tax system and its administration. This responsibility not only encompasses the government's revenue and tax expenditures, but also the IRS, the federal agency responsible for tax administration.

The reports below are the result of the GAO's internal investigations in the Tax Policy and Administration issue area. We think you will them interesting and fascinating, as they uncover weaknesses, abuses, malfeasance, mismanagement, waste, and corruption at the IRS.

GGD-96-154	Sept. 30, 1996
Federal Law Enforcement: Investigative Authority & Personnel at 13 Agencies

AIMD-96-64	Sept. 30, 1996
Information Technology Investment: Agencies Can Improve Performance, Reduce Costs, & Minimize Risks

GGD-96-172	Sept. 18, 1996
Earned Income Credit: IRS' 1995 Controls Stopped Some Noncompliance, But Not Without Problems

GGD-96-188	Sept. 10, 1996
IRS Operations: Critical Need to Continue Improving Core Business Practices

T-AIMD-96-165	Sept. 10, 1996
Tax Systems Modernization: Actions Underway But Management & Technical Weaknesses Not Yet Corrected

GGD-96-152	Sept. 09, 1996
Internal Revenue Service: Business Operations Need Continued Improvement

GGD-96-175	Sept. 03, 1996
Tax Administration: Income Tax Treatment of Married & Single Individuals

GGD-96-176	Aug. 30, 1996
Tax Administration: IRS Is Improving Its Controls for Ensuring That Taxpayers Are Treated Properly

GGD-96-165	Aug. 28, 1996
Tax Administration: Tax Compliance of Nonwage Earners

AIMD-96-140	Aug. 26, 1996
Tax Systems Modernization: Cyberfile Project Was Poorly Planned & Managed

GGD-96-127	Aug. 15, 1996
Tax Policy: Analysis of Certain Potential Effects of Extending Federal Income Taxation to Puerto Rico

AIMD-96-170	July 29, 1996
Managing IRS: IRS Needs to Continue Improving Operations & Service

AIMD-96-101	July 11, 1996
Financial Audit: Examination of IRS' Fiscal Year 1995 Financial Statements

IAP-96-22	July 01, 1996
Tax Policy & Administration Issue Area Plan--Fiscal Years 1996-98

T-GGD-96-130	June 20, 1996
Tax Administration: Issues in Classifying Workers as Employees or Independent Contractors

GGD-96-122BR	June 13, 1996
Earned Income Credit: Profile of Tax Year 1994 Credit Recipients

AIMD-96-106	June 07, 1996
Tax Systems Modernization: Actions Underway But IRS Has Not Yet Corrected Management & Technical Weaknesses (Summary only)

GGD-96-109	June 05, 1996
Tax Research: IRS Has Made Progress But Major Challenges Remain

GGD-96-43	May 21, 1996
Tax Policy & Administration: Review of Studies of the Effectiveness of the Research Tax Credit

GGD-96-72	May 13, 1996
Internal Revenue Service: Results of Nonfiler Strategy & Opportunities to Improve Future Efforts

GGD-96-123	May 09, 1996
Tax Systems Modernization: Progress in Achieving IRS' Business Vision

GGD-96-91	April 26, 1996
Tax Administration: Audit Trends & Results for Individual Taxpayers

GGD-96-89	April 26, 1996
Tax Administration: Alternative Strategies to Obtain Compliance Data

T-GGD-96-112	April 25, 1996
Tax Administration: IRS Tax Debt Collection Practices

T-GGD-96-99	March 28, 1996
Tax Administration: IRS' Fiscal Year 1996 & 1997 Budget Issues & the 1996 Filing Season

T-AIMD-96-75	March 26, 1996
Tax Systems Modernization: Management & Technical Weaknesses Must Be Overcome to Achieve Success

GGD-96-70	March 15, 1996
Tax Administration: IRS Can Improve Information Reporting for Original Issue Discount Bonds

AIMD-96-88	March 14, 1996
Status of Tax Systems Modernization, Tax Delinquencies, & the Potential for Return-Free Filing

GGD-96-74	March 11, 1996
Tax Administration: Making IRS' Telephone Systems Easier to Use Should Help Taxpayers

GGD-96-61	March 08, 1996
Tax Policy & Administration: 1995 Annual Report on GAO's Tax-Related Work

T-AIMD-96-56	March 06, 1996
IRS Operations: Significant Challenges in Financial Management & Systems Modernization

GGD-96-73R	Jan. 31, 1996
IRS Staffing Trends

GGD-96-53	Jan. 16, 1996
Tax Administration: Diesel Fuel Excise Tax Change

GGD-96-48	Dec. 29, 1995
The 1995 Tax Filing Season: IRS Performance Indicators Provide Incomplete Information About Some Problems

NSIAD-96-74R	Dec. 22, 1995
IRS’s Use of Information on Taxpayers Claiming Many Allowances or Exemption From Federal Income Tax Withholding

GGD-96-46R	Nov. 08, 1995
Tax Exempt Statistics of Income (SOT) Data for Charity Organizations

GGD-96-12	Oct. 31, 1995
Tax Administration: Electronic Filing Falling Short of Expectations

GGD-96-29R	Oct. 10, 1995
Tax Exempt Non-Profit Lobbying Statistics

GGD-96-3	Oct. 10, 1995
Tax Administration: IRS Faces Challenges in Reorganizing for Customer Service

GGD-96-21	Oct. 06, 1995
Tax Administration: Information on IRS' Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program

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