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IR-2023-31, Feb. 21, 2023 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the IRS today issued final regulations amending the rules for filing returns and other documents electronically (e-file). These regulations will require certain filers to e-file beginning in 2024.

IR-2023-14, January 25, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today that businesses can now file Form 1099 series information returns using a new online portal, available free from the IRS.

IR-2022-197, November 9, 2022 ¡ª In addition to the more than 4,000 people recently hired to fill critical customer service representative positions, the Internal Revenue Service is now seeking over 700 new employees to help taxpayers at Taxpayer Assistance Centers across the country.

June 2, 2025 ¡ª Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (¡°IRS-CI¡±), announced today that Dennis Ostermann, a former Sergeant with the New York City Police Department (¡°NYPD¡±), pled guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent U.S. income tax return.

IR-2021-191, September 22, 2021 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service has awarded new contracts to three private-sector collection agencies for collection of overdue tax debts.

June 24, 2025 ¡ª James M. Alexander, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for theft of government property (disability benefits) and filing a false income tax return. In addition, the court ordered restitution of $409,422.28 and a special assessment of $200. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on June 17 in Cheyenne. Judge Johnson ordered the Defendant to begin serving the 12-month sentence on August 4, 2025.

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Criminal Investigation Press Releases for December 2022

June 23, 2023 ¡ª Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, two indictments were unsealed that detail criminal conspiracies by companies and employees based in China to manufacture and distribute fentanyl in the United States. This prosecution is among the first ever in the United States to charge Chinese chemical manufacturing companies with supplying precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl to the United States.

IR-2024-45, Feb. 21, 2024 ¡ª During the busiest time of the tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service kicked off its 2024 Tax Time Guide series to help remind taxpayers of key items they¡¯ll need to file a 2023 tax return.