Lee B Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 The Internal Revenue Service recently suspended a half dozen of its modernization programs, including two deemed essential to its plans for replacing its aging systems, according to a new report. The report, released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office, urged the IRS to complete its long-delayed modernization plans and fully address its cloud computing requirements. The GAO report said two of the suspended initiatives are essential to replacing the IRS's 60-year old Individual Master File system. The IMF is the authoritative data source for individual tax account data, and the IRS has been working on replacing the IMF for more than a decade. "According to officials, the suspensions were due to IRS's determination to shift resources to higher priorities; staff members working on these suspended initiatives were reassigned to other projects," said the report." It sounds like the IRS is sacrificing long term goals in order to deal with the short term problems of answering the phone and tax return processing. Gosh it would be nice if the IRS could walk and chew gum at the same time? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Wow. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max W Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 This a huge, extremely serious situation. I don't say this lightly, because the whole system could collapse at any time. "The IRS does not have adequate information technology (IT) systems to do its job effectively and efficiently. The IRS’s core IT systems are among the oldest in the Federal government, limiting the agency’s capabilities in significant ways. Partly due to historic poor planning and execution and partly due to lack of funding, the IRS has been unable to replace its antiquated systems. Every year, instead, it layers more and more smaller systems and applications onto its core systems. By analogy, the IRS has erected a 50-story office building on top of a creaky, 60-year-old foundation, and it is adding a few more floors every year. There are inherent limitations on the functionality of a 60-year-old infrastructure, and at some point, the entire edifice is likely to collapse." From - https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ARC18_Volume1_LR_01_IT.pdf 2 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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