Annual Audit Plan -- FY2005 - Department of the Treasury

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration - Office of Audit
Tax Return Preparation at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Sites (Follow-Up)
Audit Objective: Determine whether taxpayers receive quality service, including the
accurate preparation of their tax returns, when visiting the Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance sites to have tax returns prepared.
Field Assistance Embedded Quality Measurement System
Audit Objective: Determine whether the Embedded Quality Measurement System is
efficiently and effectively improving business results while building employee
satisfaction through continual improvement opportunities for the W&I Division’s Field
Assistance Program.
Identity Theft
Audit Objective: Determine if the IRS has an effective process to ensure victims of
identity theft are made whole and their accounts correctly restored with minimal taxpayer
burden.
2005 Filing Season Implementation
Audit Objective: Evaluate whether the IRS timely and accurately processed individual
tax returns during the 2005 filing season.
Customer Account Data Engine
Audit Objective: Determine whether Customer Account Data Engine (CADE),
Release 1, timely and accurately processed the Income Tax Return for Single and Joint
Filers with No Dependents (Form 1040EZ) returns.
Evaluating the Internal Revenue Service’s Ability to Use Additional Return
Information to Improve Compliance During Processing
Audit Objective: Determine whether there is additional information available on
Electronic Filing and paper tax returns that could be captured during processing in order
to deter compliance problems.
Implementation of Tax Law Changes into Return Processing
Audit Objective: Determine if IRS accurately updated tax publications and computer
programming related to tax law changes affecting Individual tax returns.
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