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Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo discussed the expansion of the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act, at an event co-hosted by the Urban Institute and the Brooki…

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, a partnership between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, hosted a virtual symposium on investments in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS…

IRS and Treasury Department officials testified before a Senate Finance subcommittee on the widening gap between taxes owed and taxes paid in the U.S. Several topics were covered, including …

Mr. Rossotti talked about his book Many Unhappy Returns: One Man’s Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America, published by Harvard Business School Press. When he becam…

Panelists talked about U.S. regulatory policies and their impact on global business markets. Among the topics they addressed were extraterritorial extension of laws governing business practi…

At a final meeting of an advisory panel on proposed tax reform, members discussed two plans for changes for federal income and corporate taxes. The first plan would simplify the current syst…

The President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform members met to discuss issues associated with tax reform. Among the topics they addressed were limitations on tax deductions for employer…

As part of Government Executive Magazine’s Excellence in Government Conference, Administrator Johnson spoke about his career in government. Other topics included administrative ranges of pos…

The President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform held its second public meeting to hear perspectives on tax reform and descriptions of the problems presented by complexity in the tax sys…

Treasury officials spoke about the future of tax reform, the state of the economy, proposed plans to make several tax cuts permanent, as well as recent calls for Social Security reform. They…

Charles Rossotti stepped down last Thursday as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. He spoke at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC about his tenure and issues facing the ta…

A speech by IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti.

On the day taxes were due to be filed, witnesses testified about customer service and the oversight functions of the committee. Among the issues addressed were financial management, the intr…

Witnesses testified about the Internal Revenue Service budget, tax filing, audit practices, and operational and performance goals of the IRS.

Officials spoke to reporters about proposed programs to eliminate abusive tax avoidance transactions. The plans would require tax advisers to report corporations, partnerships, and high-inco…

Witnesses testified about a recent audit of the Internal Revenue Service. Among the issues they addressed were improvements in services to taxpayers, security and privacy issues, and future …

IRS Commissioner, Charles Rossotti, spoke at a conference on federal taxes hosted by the American Institute of Certified Accountants. Mr. Rossotti talked about reforming and modernizing the …

Witnesses testified about restructuring efforts at the Internal Revenue Service. Among the issues they addressed were electronic filing, employee morale at field offices, methods to ensure v…

IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti testified about funding requests for the Internal Revenue Service for fiscal 2001. Among the issues he addressed were modernization efforts at the IRS, fina…

Internal Revenue Service officials, including IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti, answered questions from taxpayers about the modernization program underway at the IRS, and general tax questi…