IRS 2014 budget :improvements made to budget request and cost estimate, but further actions needed : report to congressional committees.

The financing of the federalgovernment depends largely on IRS'sability to administer the tax laws, whichincludes providing service to taxpayersand enforcing the law to ensureeveryone pays the taxes they owe. Forfiscal year 2014, the Presidentrequested $12.9 billion for IRS, anincrease of 9 percent over fiscal year2012 actual levels.Because of the size of IRS's budgetand the importance of its programs,GAO was asked to review the fiscalyear 2014 budget request. In April andMay 2013, GAO reported preliminaryobservations on IRS's budget. Amongother things, this report assesses howIRS prioritizes new initiatives; stepsIRS has taken to improve the PPACAcost estimate and the reportingtransparency of the related ITinvestment; and the type of informationavailable in the budget justificationabout major IT systems. To addressthese objectives, GAO reviewed thefiscal year 2014 budget justification,compared the updated PPACA costestimate to GAO's Cost Estimating andAssessment Guide, and interviewedIRS Corporate Budget officials.

• | Author: U.s. Government Accountability Office
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Aug 04, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 68 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1974182568
• | ISBN-13: 9781974182565