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Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prepare for New Information Reporting Requirements

GAO-24-107028
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4 Open Recommendations
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure the Communication and Liaison Office and the Office of Digital Asset Initiative consult with the offices implementing the lowered Form 1099-K reporting threshold and incorporate any lessons learned and effective outreach strategies into their communication strategy for the new digital asset reporting requirements. (Recommendation 3)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should update IRS's policies and procedures to require a documented risk assessment for substantive tax administration decisions and include guidance on when these assessments are needed, such as when a decision could affect a large number of taxpayers or when decisions could generate congressional or oversight scrutiny. (Recommendation 1)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure the Communication and Liaison Office and the Office of Digital Asset Initiative update their Communication Strategy to include periodic evaluation of their outreach and education efforts to assess whether they are meeting the agency's goals and providing timely, understandable, readily available, and accessible information to tax professionals, industry, and taxpayers. (Recommendation 4)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure offices implementing the lowered Form 1099-K reporting threshold develop and implement a process to comprehensively and systematically document stakeholder feedback. (Recommendation 2)
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IRS Workforce: Actions Needed to Address Barriers to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

GAO-24-105785
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6 Open Recommendations
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure that the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion updates its barrier analysis policies and procedures to ensure regular consultation and collaboration with stakeholders, including employee groups and equal employment opportunity program staff, throughout the barrier analysis process. (Recommendation 3)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure that the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion uses the data collected for its established performance measures to assess progress toward its DEIA goals and to inform decisions about further efforts. (Recommendation 8)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure that the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion updates its barrier analysis policies and procedures to incorporate the regular use of many information sources for trigger identification. (Recommendation 1)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure that the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion establishes a unified DEIA strategic plan to determine goals for and guide the development and implementation of agencywide DEIA initiatives. (Recommendation 6)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure that the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion conducts a comprehensive assessment of and develops recommendations to address staffing issues hampering its ability to perform barrier analyses. (Recommendation 4)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should ensure that the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion uses relevant results from our analyses of its workforce composition and of outcomes related to employee promotion, salary, and separation to inform its next annual barrier analysis effort. (Recommendation 2)
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