Internal Revenue Service Status Of Recommendations From Financial Audits And Related Financial Management Reports 2003

Internal Revenue Service

In its role as the nation's tax collector, the IRS has a demanding responsibility for collecting taxes, processing tax returns, & enforcing the nation's tax laws. Since the first audit of IRS's financial statements in FY 1992, a number of weaknesses in IRS's financial management operations have been identified. In related reports, corrective action has been recommended to address those weaknesses. Each year, as part of the annual audit of IRS's financial statements, recommendations have been made to address any new weaknesses identified, but also follows up on the status of weaknesses identified in previous years' audits. This report tracks the status of audit recommendations & actions needed to fully address them.

2006 Tax Return Filing Season and the IRS Budget for Fiscal Year 2007

Financial Audit

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collections are significant in relation to federal receipts &, in turn, to the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government. Therefore, the U.S. Congress is very interested in financial management at IRS. The General Accounting Office (GAO) audits IRS's financial statements annually to determine whether: (1) the financial statements IRS prepares are reliable, (2) IRS management maintained effective internal controls, and (3) IRS complies with selected provisions of significant laws and regulations and its financial systems comply with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA). Charts and tables.