In its role as the nation's tax collector, the IRS has a demanding responsibility to annually collect trillions of dollars in taxes, process hundreds of millions of tax and information returns, and enforce the nation's tax laws. Since its first audit of IRS's financial statements in FY 1992, the auditor has identified a number of weaknesses in IRS's financial management operations. In related reports, he has recommended corrective actions to address those weaknesses. The purpose of this report is to: (1) provide the status of audit recommendations and actions needed to fully address them; and (2) demonstrate how the recommendations relate to control activities central to IRS's mission and goals. Charts and tables.

In Nov. 2009, a report was issued on the results of an audit of the financial statements of the IRS as of, and for the FY ending, Sept. 30, 2009, and 2008, and on the effectiveness of its internal controls as of Sept. 30, 2009. In March 2010, a report was issued on information security issues identified during a FY 2009 audit, along with associated recommendations. This report presents internal control and compliance issues identified during an audit of IRS¿s financial statements as of, and for the fiscal year ending, Sept. 30, 2009, for which there are no recommendations outstanding. The report provides 41 recommendations to address the internal control and compliance issues that have been identified. Charts and tables.

Since its first audit of IRS¿s financial statements in FY 1992, GAO has identified a number of weaknesses in IRS¿s financial mgmt. operations. In related reports, GAO has recommended corrective action to address those weaknesses. Each year, as part of the annual audit of IRS¿s financial statements, GAO not only makes recommendations to address any new weaknesses identified but also follows up on the status of weaknesses GAO identified in previous years¿ audits. This report will: (1) assist IRS mgmt. in tracking the status of audit recommendations and actions needed to fully address them; and (2) demonstrate how the recommendations relate to control activities central to IRS¿s mission and goals. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.

The IRS has a demanding responsibility to annually collect trillions of dollars in taxes, process hundreds of millions of tax and information returns, and enforce the nation¿s tax laws. Since its first audit of IRS¿s financial statements in FY 1992, GAO has identified a number of weaknesses in IRS¿s financial management operations. This report: (1) provides an overview of the financial management challenges still facing IRS; (2) provides the status of financial audit and financial management¿related recommendations and the actions needed to address them; and (3) highlights the relationship between GAO¿s recommendations and internal control activities central to IRS¿s mission and goals. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.