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The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, a partnership between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, hosted a virtual symposium on investments in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS…

Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said a challenge for the agency and the child and earned income tax credit programs is “to actually get enrollment up and increased, and at the same tim…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified at a hearing his agency’s fiscal year 2018 budget request for various programs within the department. During the hearing, Secretary Mnuchin also r…

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen gave the keynote address at a National Press Club luncheon. He focused on efforts the federal collecting agency had made to better meet taxpayers' needs for he…

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen spoke about testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his agency’s operations and their impact on taxpayers in areas. Topics included stolen identity …

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a hearing on alleged misconduct at the tax-collecting agency, specifically related to the investigation into unfair targeting of conservative non-…

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen and officials from the Treasury Department and the Government Accountability Office testified at a hearing on preventing and responding to cyber attacks and ho…

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen spoke at a National Press Club luncheon and responded to written questions from the audience. He warned of budget cuts to the agency, saying one concern was pu…

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen talked about the IRS fiscal year 2017 budget request and efforts to efforts to upgrade and streamline IRS operations. Other topics include…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a hearing on his agency’s response to the committee’s report on the treatment of organizations applying for tax exempt …

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen and Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George testified on the recent data theft that compromised the private information of…

Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a hearing on the implementation of the tax penalty in the Affordable Care Act, and the IRS' enforcement of the health care provisions requiring a purc…

Commissioner John Koskinen talked about the Internal Revenue Service’s response to budget cuts. Following his speech and interview with moderator Howard Gleckman, panelists talked about the …

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen talked about the future of his agency. He said his agency took concrete steps to address problems of the past, including spending on confe…

Government officials testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on government operations that were high ris…

Secretary Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, and Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George testified on the Treasury Department’s fiscal year 2016 b…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testified on the IRS' fiscal year 2016 budget request. He also spoke about tax scams and staffing shortages at the IRS President Oba…

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' criteria to process applications of tax-exempt orga…

Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) response to congressional oversight and investiga…

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen spoke to reporters after a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing on the response by the IRS to congressional oversigh…