The agency’s leader says it has identified the problems with its algorithm that have led to a racial disparity in audits of Black taxpayers.
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel sits for a portrait at the tax agency's headquarters in D.C. on April 2. After the chaos of recent years at the IRS, there was less drama for taxpayers filing their 2023 returns.Washington Post illustration; Michelle Singletary; iStock
It’s definitely not enough money. The analogy I always use is like the train system. How much money does it take to run the train system so that all the trains are kept up to date, so that they work, they’re fixed, they’re on schedule, they’re paying employees, and doing safety checks? The goal is to issue a report before the end of the calendar year. is going to basically say that we’ve taken specific interventions to address the disparity.with simple tax situations in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.
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