Internal Revenue Service Status Of Recommendations From Financial Audits And Related Financial Management Reports

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.

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.

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: Status of Recommendations From Financial Audits and Related Financial Management Reports

Since its first audit of IRS¿s financial statements in FY 1992, GAO has identified a number of weaknesses in IRS¿s financial mgmt. operations. In related reports, GAO has recommended corrective action to address those weaknesses. Each year, as part of the annual audit of IRS¿s financial statements, GAO not only makes recommendations to address any new weaknesses identified but also follows up on the status of weaknesses GAO identified in previous years¿ audits. This report will: (1) assist IRS mgmt. in tracking 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. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.

Internal Revenue Service: Status of Recommendation from Financial Audits and Related Financial Management Reports