Tax Administration: IRS' New Business Vision (Testimony, 11/17/93,
GAO/T-GGD-94-58).

The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) new business vision calls for (1)
shifting from paper-based to electronic tax-processing systems, (2)
consolidating fragmented telephone assistance into centralized locations
that can handle almost all taxpayer calls, and (3) developing a database
that will make account information readily available to IRS employees.
In GAO's view, IRS' business vision holds great promise for improved
taxpayer service and more efficient and effective government.  IRS got a
late start, however, in developing its vision and faces many challenges
in making the vision a reality, key among them the need to significantly
boost the number of tax returns being filed electronically.  IRS' vision
also poses significant human resource challenges, including the need to
retrain workers affected by the new technology.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-GGD-94-58
     TITLE:  Tax Administration: IRS' New Business Vision
      DATE:  11/17/93
   SUBJECT:  Tax administration systems
             Tax returns
             Electronic forms
             Computerized information systems
             Human resources training
             Operations analysis
             Tax administration
             Taxpayers
             Information processing operations
             Systems conversions
IDENTIFIER:  IRS Tax System Modernization Program
             IRS Service Center Organizational Study
             IRS Automated Underreporter System
             TSM
             
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