Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Report Recommendations

Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Report Recommendations
Author: Steven J. Sebastian
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1437935656

The IRS has a demanding responsibility to annually collect trillions of dollars in taxes, process hundreds of millions of tax and information returns, and enforce the nation¿s tax laws. Since its first audit of IRS¿s financial statements in FY 1992, GAO has identified a number of weaknesses in IRS¿s financial management operations. This report: (1) provides an overview of the financial management challenges still facing IRS; (2) provides the status of financial audit and financial management¿related recommendations and the actions needed to address them; and (3) highlights the relationship between GAO¿s recommendations and internal control activities central to IRS¿s mission and goals. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.

Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service
Author: Steven J. Sebastian (au)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2005-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781422301142

In its role as the nation's tax collector, the IRS has a demanding responsibility for collecting taxes, processing tax returns, & enforcing the nation's tax laws. Since the first audit of IRS's financial statements in FY 1992, a number of weaknesses in IRS's financial management operations have been identified. In related reports, corrective action has been recommended to address those weaknesses. Each year, as part of the annual audit of IRS's financial statements, recommendations have been made to address any new weaknesses identified, but also follows up on the status of weaknesses identified in previous years' audits. This report tracks the status of audit recommendations & actions needed to fully address them.

Management Report

Management Report
Author: Steven J. Sebastian
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1437936431

In Nov. 2009, a report was issued on the results of an audit of the financial statements of the IRS as of, and for the FY ending, Sept. 30, 2009, and 2008, and on the effectiveness of its internal controls as of Sept. 30, 2009. In March 2010, a report was issued on information security issues identified during a FY 2009 audit, along with associated recommendations. This report presents internal control and compliance issues identified during an audit of IRS¿s financial statements as of, and for the fiscal year ending, Sept. 30, 2009, for which there are no recommendations outstanding. The report provides 41 recommendations to address the internal control and compliance issues that have been identified. Charts and tables.

Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service
Author: Steven J. Sebastian
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1437918522

In its role as the nation's tax collector, the IRS has a demanding responsibility to annually collect trillions of dollars in taxes, process hundreds of millions of tax and information returns, and enforce the nation's tax laws. Since its first audit of IRS's financial statements in FY 1992, the auditor has identified a number of weaknesses in IRS's financial management operations. In related reports, he has recommended corrective actions to address those weaknesses. The purpose of this report is to: (1) provide the status of audit recommendations and actions needed to fully address them; and (2) demonstrate how the recommendations relate to control activities central to IRS's mission and goals. Charts and tables.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE: Status of Recommendations From Financial Audits and Related Financial Management Reports

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE: Status of Recommendations From Financial Audits and Related Financial Management Reports
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2002
Genre:
ISBN:

This report provides a status of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) efforts to implement recommendations made based on audits of IRS's financial statements. In updating the status of these recommendations, we have included the results of our audit of IRS's financial statements for fiscal years 2001 and 2000. This report is being provided to you to (1) assist IRS management in tracking the unresolved issues identified in prior GAO financial audits, and (2) report on the current status of open audit recommendations detailed in previous GAO financial audit and financial management related reports.

Internal Revenue Service progress made, but further actions needed to improve financial management.

Internal Revenue Service progress made, but further actions needed to improve financial management.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2001
Genre:
ISBN: 1428948228

This report is a follow-on to our report on the results of our audit of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) fiscal year 2000 financial statements. In fiscal year 2000, IRS was able to produce for the first time combined financial statements that were fairly stated in all material respects. This achievement was the result of the dedication and months of efforts of IRS management and staff working around serious systems deficiencies and internal control weaknesses, many of which have plagued IRS since we first began auditing its financial statements in 1992. Although this effort produced reliable financial statement balances, they were reliable only for a single point in time and fell short of addressing the fundamental weaknesses in IRS systems and internal controls. As a result, we gave an unqualified opinion on IRS fiscal year 2000 financial statements but also concluded that IRS did not maintain effective internal controls. We also found two instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations relating to IRS structuring of installment agreements and the timing of the release of tax liens.