GAO Says IRS Had Trouble Implementing Wage Data Process

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Although the IRS applied a new wage information verification process to all returns, preliminary data indicate it was unable to verify data for 58 percent of returns claiming the earned income or additional child credits and on returns claiming refunds, Jessica Lucas-Judy of the Government Accountability Office said at an April 26 House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee hearing.

<p>Although the IRS applied a new wage information verification process to all returns, preliminary data indicate it was unable to verify data for 58 percent of returns claiming the earned income or additional child credits and on returns claiming refunds, Jessica Lucas-Judy of the Government Accountability Office said at an April 26 House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee hearing.</p>