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IRS Says Its Employee Compliance Rate Is 99 Percent


IRS Says Its Employee Compliance Rate Is 99 Percent

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DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Institutional Authors
    Internal Revenue Service
  • Cross-Reference
    TIGTA report 2015 TNT 88-36: Treasury Reports.
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Language
    English
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    Doc 2015-10886
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2015 TNT 88-35
IRS statement:

The IRS is committed to ensuring that employees meet their tax compliance responsibilities. It's important to note that the IRS has a more than 99 percent tax compliance rate, the highest of any major federal agency. TIGTA's report focused on a sample of only 34 cases, which represents just a fraction of one percent of the IRS's total workforce. Over ten years, TIGTA found an average of a little more than 150 IRS employees a year committed a willful tax violation. Of the total cases, 620 -- or nearly 40 percent -- resulted in the employee leaving their position because they were terminated, resigned or retired. Others faced strong disciplinary actions that included terminations, suspensions and reprimands.

The IRS also put in place new internal procedures to ensure that employees who have willfully failed to pay their taxes are now ineligible for performance awards.

Nonetheless, the IRS agrees that we can improve this process. The changes will include a more proactive approach to ensure timeliness and consistency and provide more transparency in the mitigation process while preserving the Commissioner's authority provided by federal law.

DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Institutional Authors
    Internal Revenue Service
  • Cross-Reference
    TIGTA report 2015 TNT 88-36: Treasury Reports.
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Language
    English
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    Doc 2015-10886
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2015 TNT 88-35
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