{"id":23136,"date":"2019-04-22T20:17:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/22\/inside-the-irss-6-year-plan-for-better-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:22","slug":"inside-the-irss-6-year-plan-for-better-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2019\/04\/22\/inside-the-irss-6-year-plan-for-better-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the IRS\u2019s 6-year plan for better technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next six years the Internal Revenue Service plans to overhaul its information technology capabilities in order to \u201cdeliver efficient taxpayer services and enforcement with enhanced user experiences and to curtail the rising operational costs,\u201d the agency announced April 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-utl\/irs_2019_integrated_modernization_business_plan.pdf\" target=_blank>plan<\/a> will follow a pair of three-year phases, beginning in 2019 and concluding in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of those phases will play out across four pillars of modernization: the taxpayer experience; core taxpayer services and enforcement; modernized IRS operations; and cybersecurity and data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2018\/04\/17\/irs-system-overtaxed-just-before-filing-deadline\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/29906170001-4651672578001-taxesjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">IRS system overtaxed just before filing deadline<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The agency everyone loves to hate won&#039;t win any new fans as the IRS Direct Pay system crashed with just hours before the 2017 tax year filing deadline.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cModernized systems are the key component to delivering quality service to taxpayers, providing efficient and robust enforcement activities and keeping taxpayer data secure,\u201d said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur modernization plan includes multiple milestones and levels of accountability to ensure it is implemented efficiently and effectively. 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We look forward to working with Congress to implement this plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRS infamously operates one of the oldest IT systems in the federal government, its Individual Master File, which stores and processes citizens\u2019 tax submissions and first began operating in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the IRS plan, an Individual Tax Processing Engine will convert hundreds of thousands of lines of legacy code as part of the IMF\u2019s retirement process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like many federal agencies, the IRS spends significant pieces of its budget maintaining legacy IT, with the IT operations costs exceeding $2.2 billion annually and projected to exceed $3 billion by fiscal year 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan also devotes specific focus to preparing for and countering \u201cincreasingly advanced cyberthreats.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA critical component of the plan involves the IRS\u2019s ongoing efforts to secure our systems and protect taxpayer data,\u201d Rettig said. \u201cThe IRS is responsible for safeguarding a vast amount of sensitive financial and personal data involving every taxpayer and business in the nation. 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