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internal control over (1) unpaid tax assessments and (2) information security, as described below
The material weaknesses in internal control may adversely affect decisions by IRS’s management that are based, in whole or in part, on information that is inaccurate because of these deficiencies In addition, unaudited financial information reported by IRS, including budget information, may also contain misstatements resulting from these deficiencies The issues constituting these material weaknesses were encompassed in the material weaknesses in IRS’s fiscal year 2011 (1) FMFIA assurance statement to the Department of the Treasury, and (2) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting We considered these reported material weaknesses in determining the nature, timing, and extent of our audit procedures on IRS’s fiscal years 2011 and
2010 financial statements
In addition to the material weaknesses in internal control noted above and described in greater detail below, we identified several deficiencies in internal control related to IRS’s disbursement of tax refunds, which collectively, although not a material weakness, we believe are important enough to be brought to the attention of those charged with IRS
governance and which thus represent a significant deficiency in IRS’s internal control This significant deficiency is also described in greater detail below
Material Weakness in
Internal Control over
Unpaid Tax Assessments
During fiscal year 2011, IRS continued to have a material weakness in internal control over unpaid tax assessments This material weakness encompasses internal control deficiencies concerning IRS’s (1) inability to rely on its general ledger system for tax transactions and underlying subsidiary records to report federal taxes receivable, compliance assessments, and write-offs in accordance with federal accounting
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