IRS Urged to Improve Oversight of Inter-Agency Storage Agreement

The IRS has failed recently to maintain adequate oversight of its inter-agency deal with the National Archives and Records Administration.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a report that NARA charges the IRS millions every year to store, manage, and retrieve paper records at its 17 centers. But those centers closed or were operating at a limited capacity for two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, until March 2022. These closures caused records requested to take two to eight months to be delivered, according to TIGTA. The IRS told TIGTA it was unaware of any delays in obtaining ...