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Republicans on Tuesday pressed the IRS for answers regarding a leak of high-profile taxpayer data earlier this year, expressing concern about possible threats to national security and Americans’ privacy.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., wrote a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig on Monday requesting more information on the “benefits of investing in the IRS” after a proposal to inject $40 billion into the agency to close the tax gap was scrapped earlier this year.

Republicans are working on ways to address the IRS’ tax gap, after several powerful members of the party cast doubt on the estimates that have been floated.

The IRS is delivering another batch of federal refunds to Americans who collected unemployment benefits last year and paid taxes on that money

The IRS is missing the required information for millions of American households that could potentially qualify to receive the expanded Child Tax Credit, a new report shows.

The infrastructure deal agreed upon by lawmakers and President Biden on Wednesday includes a crackdown on cryptocurrencies as one way to raise revenue to support spending.

Lawmakers are sounding the alarm about the IRS leak of wealthy taxpayer records earlier this year and are demanding accountability.

Top Republicans are raising concerns about unexplained tax gap estimates as IRS enforcement funding hangs in limbo during ongoing discussions regarding a bipartisan infrastructure deal.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., this week warned that “millions” of families could be at risk of missing out on the expanded Child Tax Credit over their inability to access a key tool.

The IRS is warning taxpayers about a growing number of scams related to Child Tax Credit payments, which the agency just began sending to qualified households last week.

A New Jersey woman has fought for more than 7 years to prove to the IRS that she is, in fact, not dead, despite what their records say.

Tens of millions of families received some extra money on Thursday, when the IRS distributed the first of six monthly payments from the newly expanded child tax credit.

Mick Mulvaney told FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria" that there is "no way" to pay for Senate Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending bill without raising taxes on the middle class.

Millions of Americans who collected unemployment benefits last year and paid taxes on that money are in line to receive a federal refund from the IRS this week.

Some Democrats in Congress are pressing President Biden to repeal a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions as he considers tax increases, but a number of states have already approved a method that allows some residents to circumvent the cap.

The IRS potentially lost out on nearly $2 billion due to a decline in audits on the wealthiest households, a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found.

After sparking national backlash with its decision to reject the tax-exempt status request for a Texas-based Christian group, the IRS has now reversed course.

The tax deadline came and went, but the IRS has tens of millions of returns it has not yet processed due to a combination of COVID-19-related factors and late legislative changes made by Congress.