# Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-27**: IRS launches consolidated mobile app — The IRS introduces a mobile app that combines refund status tracking and tax payments, as announced during Frank Bisignano's interview.
- **2025**: 600 million online inquiries logged — The IRS received about 600 million online inquiries, roughly twice the volume recorded the prior year.
- **2024**: Identity theft backlog reaches roughly 500,000 cases — An inspector general report covering 2023 through 2025 found the IRS identity theft backlog peaked at approximately 500,000 cases.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### IRS App Handles 600M Inquiries as ID Theft Backlog Drops 50%
2026-09-28 12:55:57 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

A new IRS mobile app consolidates refund tracking and tax payments as digital demand doubles to 600 million inquiries, and the agency says identity theft backlog is down by more than half from 2024. Taxpayers and finance teams get a more digital, faster tax administration cycle.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/irs-mobile-app-600m-inquiries-identity-theft-backlog

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