As the Treasury Department confronts the worst financial crisis since the 2008 economic downturn, the agency is also in the throes of a staffing shortage, including key leadership positions.
Nominees for senior treasury department roles would need to make it through a potentially grueling Senate Finance Committee confirmation process and answer to committee Democrats who’ve wrestled with Mnuchin to obtain access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
The Internal Revenue Service, a division of the Treasury Department, rolled out a new app aimed to expedite the process of Americans getting their checks by helping taxpayers who the IRS has no direct deposit details for submitting their banking information. “IRS is actively monitoring site volume, and if site volume gets too high, users are sent to an online “waiting room” for a brief wait until space becomes available, much like private-sector online sites,” said the agency in a statement. “Media reports saying the tool “crashed” are inaccurate.”The IRS as of 2018 had 9,510 auditors
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