Internal Revenue Service

Tax scam preparedness urgent amid rising fraud

March 21, 2026 Cora Lewis

NEW YORK — Robocalls, texts and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, with artificial intelligence likely increasing fraud attempts, according to the consumer protection bureau of the Federal […]

New federal report scrutinizes Puerto Rico’s tax incentives luring wealthy Americans

December 20, 2025 Dánica Coto

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report last […]

Trump administration won’t offer IRS Direct File next year

November 17, 2025 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe […]

RENACCI: The IRS wants to do your taxes — and make sure you pay more

November 17, 2025 Jim Renacci

The ongoing government shutdown has the IRS in zombie mode: walk-in Tax Assistance Centers closed, some refunds delayed and about half the agency’s employees on furlough. Like most bureaucracies, the IRS is constantly trying to […]

The IRS plan to let taxpayers digitally submit documents is ahead of schedule, Janet Yellen says

November 9, 2023 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Taxpayers will be able to submit all sorts of tax documents and other communications to the IRS digitally months earlier than originally planned under a new timetable for paperless taxpayer communications announced Tuesday […]

Please hold: Pricey way to jump IRS phone line at tax time

February 21, 2022 Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — If there’s one thing that pains everyone trying to reach the IRS at tax time, it’s being stuck on endless hold. Well, not everyone. E. Martin Davidoff’s accounting firm spends upwards of […]

Tax season begins two weeks early due to virus, IRS funding

January 13, 2022 Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday. The IRS is warning that a resurgence of COVID-19 infections […]