The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that it is making important interim changes to strengthen its procedures for issuing Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers from now through the end of the ...

The IRS should also ensure that the quality review process continues to emphasize the importance of the identification of questionable documents and that weekly team meetings are held with tax ...

The audit was initiated because the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration received an IRS employee complaint referred from a member of Congress alleging that the IRS’s ITIN application ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s processes for assigning Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers don’t always manage to identify fraudulent or incomplete applications, according to a new report. The ...

The Internal Revenue Service has lifted the moratorium on processing applications to become an Acceptance Agent to help immigrants who need an Individual Taxpayer identification Number to file a tax ...

Internal Revenue Service supervisors urged employees to ignore potential fraud in a program that reviews and verifies applications for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, according to a new ...

Time is running out for many ITIN holders who need to file a federal income tax return in 2017 and want to avoid a long wait for a refund, warns the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). An Individual ...

Individuals whose individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) will expire this year under new Code provisions were able to begin renewing them starting in October, under instructions issued by ...

The IRS has posted special instructions for certifying acceptance agents (CAAs) to use in certifying identification documents for 2011 tax year filers who are filing on extension—returns that are due ...

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commission Doug Shulman saying that new interim about how taxpayers must apply for Individual Taxpayer Identification ...

The Internal Revenue Service is disputing a recent report that its agents have been told to ignore signs of fraudulent use of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers. An Indianapolis TV station, ...