IRS Chief Quizzed by Lawmakers on Backdating, Aging Tech

Lawmakers peppered IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel on topics ranging from the agency’s admission that it backdated a document to how the IRS is modernizing its aging technology at a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Werfel, now more than a half-year into his job, touted 2023 tax season improvements in areas including customer service and data security at the joint subcommittee hearing.

He attributed some of the success to an infusion of new cash from last year’s tax-and-climate legislation. That law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, gave the IRS $80 billion in multiyear funds, though the White House and House ...