Erin Slowey

Tax filing season is underway, and while the IRS said it plans to sustain momentum from last year, an upheaval in workforce directives from the Trump administration, confusion over funding federal programs, and a regulatory halt all endanger that promise.

President Donald Trump’s directives to gut the federal workforce come days into tax filing season—the busiest time of the year for the IRS.

President Donald Trump made clear that the global tax deal has no force or effect in the US, in a memorandum to the Treasury Secretary Monday.

Stung by research showing Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than their counterparts, the IRS efforts to correct any system bias now face a hairy future under a Republican administration and Congress.

President-elect Donald Trump’s intent to nominate former Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long to lead the IRS is sending shockwaves through tax world.

President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to nominate former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) as IRS commissioner, cutting current chief Danny Werfel’s term short.

IRS spending on artificial intelligence rose by over 700% in the last half-decade as it hones the use of machine learning to identify tax cheats and improve taxpayer communication, according to Bloomberg Government contracting data.

More than 30 million taxpayers will be eligible to file their federal returns for free directly with the IRS in 2025.

The GOP’s 2017 tax law—the biggest change in the US tax code in three decades—left a mammoth task for the IRS and Treasury Department.

The IRS is trying to find a workaround so some of its employees can use TikTok to crack down on misinformation campaigns on the platform.