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Up to $304B Lost to Tax Fraud, No IRS Antifraud Strategy
The Government Accountability Office estimated that tax fraud costs the federal government between $116 billion and $304 billion annually.
Auditors found that the Internal Revenue Service lacks an agency-wide antifraud strategy and a designated office to coordinate fraud-risk management.
The Internal Revenue Service partially agreed with the Government Accountability Office’s recommendations, noting that its Chief Tax Compliance Officer coordinates fraud initiatives and that it may consider an agency-wide strategy.
Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano disputed the characterization of the agency’s antifraud work as fragmented, saying responsibilities are distributed across organizations by design.