The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) has released its annual report to Congress, featuring 10 recommendations with a focus on the prevention of identity theft and refund fraud.
The report groups the recommendations into two sections: recommendations to Congress involving the IRS budget, information return filing and federal data-sharing; and recommendations to the IRS grouped around electronic filing and cybersecurity.
The ETAAC is a public forum whose 21 members work closely with the Security Summit, a joint effort of the IRS, state tax administrators and the nation's tax industry established in 2015 to fight tax-related identity theft and cybercrime. See the 2021 report.