The Taxpayer Advocate Service, a division of the IRS, says the agency assumes individuals with offshore accounts are suspect of fraudulent activity. 
The Obama administration "misled" Americans to believe that the cost of Obamacare would be cheaper than it actually was, according to an inspector general report released Thursday. 
The Internal Revenue Service rehired employees who were previously involved in agency misconduct such as falsifying documents or having unauthorized access to sensitive taxpayer information, according to an audit from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. 
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that the IRS is "not in compliance with Federal electronic records requirements and regulations" regarding Freedom of Information Act requests, litigation holds, and other requests. 
The Internal Revenue Service awards Obamacare premium tax credits to individuals without verifying that they are legally present in the United States or checking their citizenship status, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The Internal Revenue Service charged taxpayers with $88,576 more in penalties than it should have, according to an audit from the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. 
President Donald Trump's budget plans to reduce funding for the Internal Revenue Service by $239 million, but the agency is requesting more money for customer service, the Washington Times reported. 
IRS officials are asking not to publicly testify about the agency's alleged bias against Tea Party and other conservative organizations, claiming they are in danger if they do so. 
An Internal Revenue Service program designed to prevent fraud costs taxpayers roughly $18.2 million per year, but doesn’t work, according to the taxpayer watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste. 