United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-02-27 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-GGD-95-97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-97 P0b002ee1803872fa f:tgg95097 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-97 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-97 T-GGD-95-97 Tax administration Telephone communications operations Budgeting Fraud Tax refunds ADP procurement Human resources utilization Presidential budgets Information dissemination operations Tax credit IRS Tax System Modernization Program TSM Earned Income Tax Credit Testimony GGD This testimony examines the administration's fiscal year 1996 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the status of the 1995 filing season. GAO discusses four main issues--the status of IRS' Tax Modernization program, IRS' efforts to control tax refund fraud, the steps that might be taken to make the earned income credit easier to administer and less susceptible to fraud, and the ability of taxpayers to reach IRS by telephone. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-97/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-97.htm GAO/T-GGD-95-97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-95-97 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-95-97; Tax Administration: IRS' Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Request and the 1995 Filing Season; Tax administration Telephone communications operations Budgeting Fraud Tax refunds ADP procurement Human resources utilization Presidential budgets Information dissemination operations Tax credit IRS Tax System Modernization Program TSM Earned Income Tax Credit