GAO: Improvements Are Needed to Enhance the Internal Revenue Service’s Information System Security Controls, May 13, 2020

During its audit of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) fiscal years 2019 and 2018 financial statements, GAO identified new deficiencies in information system security controls that along with unresolved control deficiencies from prior audits, collectively represent a significant deficiency in the agency’s internal control over financial reporting systems.