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IR-2024-223, Aug. 23, 2024 ¡ª The IRS has made significant progress on a range of improvements, including that all taxpayers can do all of their interactions with the IRS digitally if they choose, making it possible for the IRS to uncover and address tax evasion shrouded in complexity that requires subject matter expertise and data science.

June 22, 2022 ¡ª Edward Scott Finn, of Dunkirk, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal tax evasion charge. Finn is a former Lieutenant with the Prince George's County Police Department and owned and operated Edward Finn Inc. (EFI), a private company.

IR-2024-310, Dec. 12, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today provided the regular quarterly update to the Strategic Operating Plan, outlining key milestones in criminal investigations, improvements to taxpayer services and advancements in digital modernization that have transformed agency operations while protecting billions of taxpayer dollars.

Nov. 25, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging three Metro East men for engaging in a PPP loan fraud scheme in East St. Louis.

IR-2024-78, March 22, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today that compliance efforts around erroneous Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims have topped more than $1 billion so far since last fall as work continues on a number of efforts to counter questionable claims pushed by aggressive marketing, including an aggressive push on claims made for 2021.

IR-2023-04, January 11, 2023 ¡ª National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins today released her 2022 Annual Report to Congress, saying taxpayers and tax professionals ¡°experienced more misery in 2022¡± due to paper processing delays and poor customer service. But the report also says the Internal Revenue Service made considerable progress in reducing the volume of unprocessed tax returns and correspondence and is poised to start the 2023 filing season in a stronger position.

January 13, 2022 ¡ª A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Marilyn J. Mosby, of Baltimore, Maryland, on federal charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications, relating to the purchases of two vacation homes in Florida.

July 1, 2022 ¡ª Stephanie Simontacchi was sentenced to 29 months in prison for bank fraud, embezzlement of credit union funds, and tax evasion in connection with schemes to use her access as an accountant to enrich herself at the expense of two former employers, announced U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, and IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Mark H. Pearson. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, U.S. District Judge.

IR-2023-31, Feb. 21, 2023 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the IRS today issued final regulations amending the rules for filing returns and other documents electronically (e-file). These regulations will require certain filers to e-file beginning in 2024.

SAN FRANCISCO ¨C Kenneth W. Mattson, of Sonoma, was arrested today pursuant to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.