The IRS failed to do background checks on some private contractors who handled confidential taxpayer information, exposing more than a million taxpayers to an increased risk of fraud and identity ...

WASHINGTON — The IRS said Thursday that it has taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers, and is more closely examining the returns of ...

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said Monday that Black taxpayers may be getting audited at significantly higher rates than non-Black taxpayers. “Our initial findings support the conclusion that ...

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel wrote a letter to U.S. Senate saying, “[O]ur initial findings support the conclusion that Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than would be expected ...

Dorothy Brown’s book “The Whiteness of Wealth” laid the groundwork for the IRS’ recent admission that Black people are disproportionately audited.

A new IRS inspector general report says the agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite failing background reports as recently as last July.

Black sheriff's deputy in Ohio sues after white IRS security guard put a gun to his back "There's really no way to know how you're going to act when there's a gun pointed at you and you think you ...