United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-04-06 monographic deposited born digital 49 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-615T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T P0b002ee1803a385b f:d06615t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T GAO-06-615T General management reviews Internal controls Law enforcement Performance appraisal Performance management Tax administration Tax law Taxpayers Budget requests Tax gap Testimony A51117 The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) filing season performance affects tens of millions of taxpayers who expect timely refunds and accurate answers to their tax questions. IRS's budget request is a planning tool showing how it intends to provide taxpayer service and enforce the tax laws in 2007. It is also the first in a series of annual steps that will determine whether IRS meets its new long-term goals of increasing tax compliance and reducing taxpayers' acceptance of cheating on their taxes. Tax law enforcement remains on GAO's list of high-risk federal programs, in part, because of the persistence of a large tax gap. IRS recently estimated the gross tax gap, the difference between what taxpayers owe and what they voluntarily pay, to be $345 billion for 2001. GAO assessed (1) IRS's interim 2006 filing season performance; (2) the budget request; and (3) how the budget helps IRS achieve its long-term goals. GAO compared performance and the requested budget to previous years. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T.pdf GAO-06-615T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-615T Testimony GAO-06-615T; Internal Revenue Service: Assessment of the Interim Results of the 2006 Filing Season and Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request; General management reviews Internal controls Law enforcement Performance appraisal Performance management Tax administration Tax law Taxpayers Budget requests Tax gap Public Law 109-115 Public Law 109-148