... Highlights of GAO-10-88, a report to the Secretary oftheTreasury GAO is required to audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government. Because of the significance ofthe federal ... federal debt held by the public to the governmentwide financial statements, GAO audits the Bureau of the Public Debt’s (BPD) Schedules of Federal Debt annually. The audit of these schedules ... from $7,918 billion as of September 30, 2005, to $11,898 billion as of September 30, 2009. The increase to the federal debt has become particularly acute since the onset ofthe recession in December...
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... methodology, click on the link above. For more information, contact Steven J. Sebastian at (202) 512-3406 or sebastians@gao.gov. Highlights of GAO-05-103, a report to the Secretary oftheTreasury November ... financial management system intended to resolve many of these problems and is presently implementing the first phase of a major component ofthe system the Integrated Financial System (IFS). IRS’s ... concerning the timely release of tax liens and the structure of installment agreements it enters into with taxpayers. Recently enacted legislation modifying the legal requirements regarding the structuring...
... our audit of IRS’s fiscal year 1999 financial statements, we found that IRS did not always release the applicable federal tax lien within 30 days ofthe tax liability being either paid off or ... credit.In at least 4 ofthe 13 cases in which liens were not released timely, the release was delayed either because IRS failed to post payments made by the taxpayer to the taxpayer’s account ... time between satisfaction ofthe liability and release ofthe lien ranged from 34 days to more than 2,100 days. Based on our work, we estimate that for 22 percent of unpaid tax assessment cases...
... Government Accountability OfficeReport to theSecretaryofthe Treasury November 2004FINANCIAL AUDITBureau ofthe Public Debt’s Fiscal Years 2004 and 2003 Schedules of Federal DebtGAO-05-116This...
... authority granted by the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, GAO annually audits the financial statements ofthe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to determine whether (1) the financial statements ... United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-12-165, a report to the Secretary oftheTreasury November 2011 FINANCIAL AUDIT IRS's Fiscal ... a noncompliance with the law concerning the timely release of tax liens, and (4) financial management systems’ lack of substantial compliance with FFMIA requirements. The continuing material...