A DeSoto at the Core of the IRS

Technician checking something at data centerThree recommendations for overhauling IRS tech.

By CPA Trendlines Research

The Internal Revenue Service runs a pretty good business. For every dollar invested in its budget, it rakes in $300 in federal revenue, an annual total of $3.5 trillion on a budget of $11.43 billion.

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How odd, then, to find that the brains of the operation is a computer system that dates back to about 1960.