Improper EITC payments top $11 billion

By Laurel Adams

A quarter of earned income tax credit payments are improper, amounting to $11 billion to $13 billion in 2009, the Internal Revenue Service r

Expecting a tax refund? IRS track record on returns in 2010 was worst in years

By Jeremy Borden

The Internal Revenue Service posted its worst performance in years in getting tax refunds to the public—about 3.3 million refunds were delay

Audit rates of rich fall, audits of poor spike

By The Center for Public Integrity

The IRS has upped audits on the working poor while dramatically decreasing audits on corporations and the wealthy