Status of GAO financial IRS audit.
At the beginning of the GAO's audit of the IRS's fiscal
year 2006 financial statements, 72 financial management-related
recommendations from prior audits remained open because the IRS had not
fully addressed the issues that gave rise to them. During the FY 2006
financial audit, the IRS took actions that enabled the GAO to close 25
of those recommendations. At the same time, the GAO identified
additional internal control issues resulting in 28 new recommendations.
In total, 75 recommendations remain open.
Broken down by topic, these recommendations deal with:
* Safeguarding of assets and security activities (19);
* Proper recording and documenting of transactions (33); and
* Effective management review and oversight (23).
For the full report on the recommendations, visit
www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/ getrpt?GAO-07-629.
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