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Internal Revenue Service: Status of Recommendations From Financial Audits and Related Financial Management Reports

GAO-03-665 Published: May 29, 2003. Publicly Released: May 29, 2003.
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In its role as the nation's tax collector, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a demanding responsibility in collecting taxes, processing tax returns, and enforcing the nation's tax laws. Since GAO's first audit of IRS's financial statements in fiscal year 1992, a number of weaknesses in IRS's financial management operations have been identified. 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 open weaknesses GAO identified in previous years' audits. The purpose of this report is to assist IRS management in tracking the status of audit recommendations and actions needed to address them.

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Financial managementFinancial statement auditsInternal controlsPerformance measuresTax returnsFinancial auditTaxpayersInformation resources managementAccounting proceduresFinancial statements