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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Other Participating OIGs
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Internal Revenue Service
Report Number
2019-40-048
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
4
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 2 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
2 No $0 $0

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should include the validation of the alimony recipient TINs as part of IRS's tax return processing systemic TIN validation process. For those TINs identified as not being issued by the SSA or the IRS, reject the e-filed tax returns.

3 No $0 $0

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should modify ERS programming to send both e-filed and paper tax returns that contain an invalid recipient TIN to the Error Resolution function for review and correspondence with the taxpayer.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

United States