Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday alleged that the Biden administration “rushed” an IRS audit of him after he was nominated, suggesting that the former administration ordered a politically ...

A view of the IRS headquarters. (Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images) The IRS’s primary tool for flagging tax returns for audit is a “first-wave” AI system that includes inputs from humans, ...

A view of the Internal Revenue Service building. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) An IRS pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to select audit cases and identify noncompliance didn’t ...

Lawmakers are taking a closer look at how the IRS selects taxpayers for audit after studies evidence black taxpayers are audited more often than any other group. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique ...