3.1.6: Tax Gap

Identify specific opportunities to reduce the tax gap by improving taxpayer voluntary compliance and IRS’s ability to pursue noncompliance

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Key Efforts: Identify opportunities to improve „„IRS’s service to taxpayers through, for example, easier tax return filing; faster refund processing; and more informative, interactive communications (including telephone, Web site, and written communications). Identify opportunities to improve IRS’s „„enforcement programs in light of a changing U.S. and international economy, evolving technology, and the tax gap. Identify opportunities to better use „„third parties, such as paid preparers, tax preparation software companies, and information return reporters, to ensure tax returns are filed accurately and on time. Evaluate IRS’s efforts to modernize its „„systems, particularly its expenditure plans. Assess IRS’s crosscutting efforts to „„improve agencywide management, including re-engineering efforts, budget formulation, human-capital management, and use of research and data analyses to enhance service and enforcement programs.

Stakeholder(s):

• IRS

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