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Highlights of GAO-10-88, a report to the
Secretary oftheTreasury
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Highlights of GAO-05-103, a report to the
Secretary oftheTreasury
November ... financial management system intended to
resolve many of these problems and is presently implementing the first
phase of a major component ofthe system the Integrated Financial System
(IFS). IRS’s ...
concerning the timely release of tax liens and the structure of installment
agreements it enters into with taxpayers. Recently enacted legislation
modifying the legal requirements regarding the structuring...
... our audit of IRS’s fiscal year 1999 financial statements,
we found that IRS did not always release the applicable federal tax lien
within 30 days ofthe tax liability being either paid off or ... credit.
In at least 4 ofthe 13 cases in which liens were not released timely, the
release was delayed either because IRS failed to post payments made by
the taxpayer to the taxpayer’s account ... time between
satisfaction ofthe liability and release ofthe lien ranged from 34 days to
more than 2,100 days. Based on our work, we estimate that for 22 percent
of unpaid tax assessment cases...
... Government Accountability Office
Report to theSecretaryofthe Treasury
November 2004
FINANCIAL AUDIT
Bureau ofthe Public
Debt’s Fiscal Years
2004 and 2003
Schedules of Federal
Debt
GAO-05-116
This...
... authority granted
by the Chief Financial Officers Act of
1990, GAO annually audits the
financial statements ofthe Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) to determine
whether (1) the financial statements ...
United States Government Accountability Office
Highlights of GAO-12-165, a report to the
Secretary oftheTreasury
November 2011
FINANCIAL AUDIT
IRS's Fiscal ... a
noncompliance with the law concerning the timely release of tax liens, and
(4) financial management systems’ lack of substantial compliance with FFMIA
requirements. The continuing material...