The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has launched a social media campaign to commemorate its 25th anniversary, even as the Senate Finance Committee holds hearings on a replacement for the agency's long-time inspector general, who died earlier this year.
TIGTA provides independent oversight of the IRS and was created by Congress as part of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. TIGTA has issued more than 3,000 reports — often detailing inefficient practices at the IRS — which it claims have produced $383 billion in benefits from improvements in federal tax operations.
The agency has also referred nearly 32,000 cases of IRS employee misconduct for action and 5,400 cases for criminal prosecution.
Some of this work occurred during economic crises when the IRS was tasked with distributing financial relief to millions of taxpayers. For example, TIGTA assessed IRS implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and multiple pandemic relief packages.
"Having spent many years in the federal government, I value TIGTA's important role in many facets of tax administration oversight," said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel in a statement. "TIGTA helps ensure our agency is accountable for the work we do."
TIGTA's social media campaign will be on
Since its creation, the agency has been led by two presidentially appointed inspectors general. The Senate is now
