Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks.

IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes.

The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency says, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022.

The IRS will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year.

The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press the federal tax collector will expand its pursuit of high-wealth tax dodgers with new initiatives in the coming months.

Congress is racing to wind down a tax break meant to encourage businesses to keep workers on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The IRS has announced January 29 as the official start date of the 2024 tax season, and expects more than 128.7 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 tax deadline.

Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a bit of a tax reprieve this year.

House Republicans went after the IRS when they decided that emergency aid for Israel should be coupled with cuts elsewhere in the budget.

The IRS is planning to launch a pilot program for a government-run, online tax filing system that’s free for all.

The Internal Revenue Service’s new commissioner promises that with billions in new funding, the agency will be faster, more service-focused and tech- savvy and will provide “real-world improvements” to taxpayers.

A familiar face is positioned to take on the monumental task of rebuilding the understaffed and underappreciated IRS.

President Joe Biden has nominated a new commissioner to steer the IRS forward as it gets a massive funding boost.