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FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The IRS is still too slow to process amended tax returns, answer taxpayer phone calls and resolve identity theft cases, according to an independent watchdog within the agency. The organization sent a report to Congress Wednesday that the backlog of unprocessed amended returns has quadrupled from 500,000 in 2019 to 1.9 million in October last year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

For IRS, backlogs and identity theft problems remain, but there is ‘cautious optimism’ watchdog says

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The amount of tax money owed but not paid to the IRS is set to keep growing, according to projections published by the federal tax collection agency on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS says pandemic is over, collection notices will start again in 2024

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the IRS about the upcoming tax filing season Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at IRS headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Treasury creates new strike force as U.S. and China pursue crackdown on illicit fentanyl trafficking

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS takes another mulligan, cancels new gig worker tax reporting for this year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, Sept. 20, 2023, in New York. Taxpayers will be able to digitally submit all sorts of tax documents and other communications to the IRS months earlier than originally planned under a new timetable being announced Tuesday, Nov. 7. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

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

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference with House Republicans and families of hostages being held in Gaza at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Families of Jewish hostages in Gaza help Speaker Johnson press Senate to pass Israel aid bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Washington. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Blinken will make the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion emergency aid request for conflicts in those countries and others has already hit roadblocks in the divided Congress. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden’s Cabinet secretaries push a divided Congress to send aid to Israel and Ukraine

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

IRS agents use fake names to ‘harass and intimidate’ taxpayers, report reveals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington on March 22, 2013. The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avert budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency. IRS leaders said they collected $38 million in delinquent taxes from more than 175 high-income taxpayers in the past few months.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

$122 million windfall as IRS says it’s made 100 wealthy taxpayers pay what they owe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. The IRS is planning to launch a pilot program for a government-run, online tax filing system that’s free for all. After months of research, the IRS published a feasibility report on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, laying out taxpayer interest in direct file, how the system could work, its potential cost, operational challenges and more. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

IRS will launch free file program in 13 states next year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The IRS plans to invite a select group of taxpayers across 13 states to try out the agency’s pilot electronic free file tax return system, beginning this January. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS plans limited rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to select taxpayers

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen on May 4, 2021, in Washington. A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about a government official and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people. The Justice Department said in a statement Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C. is accused of stealing tax return information and giving it to two different news outlets between 2018 and 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Ex-IRS contractor pleads guilty in leak of tax return information of Trump, wealthy people

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The amount of tax money owed but not paid to the IRS is set to keep growing, according to projections published by the federal tax collection agency on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS looks to audits, fines, to make up more than $600 billion ‘tax gap’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. Hunter Biden is expected back in a Delaware courtroom Tuesday, Oct. 2, to face federal firearms charges that emerged after his plea deal collapsed. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Justice Department silent on sex trafficking victims linked to Hunter Biden

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The IRS is pausing accepting claims for the Employee Retention Credit, a pandemic-era tax credit, until 2024 due to rising concerns that an influx of applications are fraudulent. The IRS said Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, that hundreds of criminal cases have been started and thousands of ERC claims have been referred for audit. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Feds charge IRS contractor with leaking wealthy taxpayers’ information

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Boeing 777-200 ecoDemonstrator during take off for its display, flying with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at AirVenture 2022 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (Thierry Weber/Shutterstock.com)

Electronic GPS ‘spoofing’ behind civilian jet navigation failures over Iraq

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration on the IRS interference with small business benefits by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Is IRS being dishonest in the name of fighting scams?

By Peter Mihalick

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Why the power of a U.S. attorney has become a flashpoint in the Hunter Biden case

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings. The Sept. 28 hearing is expected to focus on “constitutional and legal questions” that surround allegations of Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter's overseas businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against Republicans. That could be tricky for the president

By Colleen Long and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, arguing that two agents violated his right to privacy when they publicly aired his tax information as they pressed claims that a federal investigation into him had been improperly handled. The lawsuit filed Monday says that the sharing of his personal tax details during congressional hearings and interviews was not allowed by whistleblower protections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Hunter Biden sues IRS, alleging agents illegally disclosed his tax information

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times