# Delays in Management Actions Contribute to the Continued Tax Processing Center Backlogs
> **Audit** by Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration · 2022-09-16
> *About: Internal Revenue Service*
## Report
- **Title:** Delays in Management Actions Contribute to the Continued Tax Processing Center Backlogs
- **Submitting OIG:** Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
- **Component agency:** Internal Revenue Service
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2022-09-16

## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Closed): On September 16, 2021, we notified the Director, Submission Processing, Wage and Investment Division, that the IRS needed to identify when to stop coding and editing9 prior year tax returns to prevent having to rework these returns (a situation that…
- **Rec 2** (Closed): On September 29, 2021, we notified the Director, Submission Processing, Wage and Investment Division, of our observation that paper-filed information returns were being sorted and batched. According to both Tax Processing Centers, a decision had not…
- **Rec 3** (Closed): On September 17, 2021, we notified the Director, Submission Processing, Wage and Investment Division, of our concerns with the processing of a backlog of taxpayer address changes using a first-in/first-out method. As of August 27, 2021, the Ogden…
- **Rec 4** (Closed): On October 21, 2021, we notified the Director, Submission Processing, Wage and Investment Division, of our concerns related to the accuracy of information communicated to taxpayers regarding transcript request methods. For example, our review of…
- **Rec 5** (Closed): On September 16, 2021, we notified the Director, Submission Processing, Wage and Investment Division, of our concerns about the printing capacity of the new electronic fax (e-fax) equipment in the Error Resolution System functional area, noting that…
- **Rec 6** (Closed): On December 17, 2021, we notified the Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, of our concern that the resources assigned to the RAIVS unit were not commensurate between the Kansas City and Ogden Tax Processing Centers. In our discussions, IRS…
- **Rec 7** (Closed): The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should immediately take steps to address the imbalance of Tax Processing Center staffing and inventory to address the continued backlog of transcript requests.
- **Rec 8** (Closed): The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should develop a detailed strategy to show how current and future staffing resources, including available surge team members, will be used to address the significant backlog of amended returns in the…
- **Rec 9** (Closed): The Commissioner, Wage and Investment, should ensure that the various products and IRS.gov landing pages are updated to reflect acceptable methods for faxing information to the IRS.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/delays-management-actions-contribute-continued-tax-processing-center-backlogs)
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