NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins is hoping that collections notices from the Internal Revenue Service will resume in the coming months. The agency suspended automated collections notices in response to the backlog of unprocessed mail correspondence that resulted from the shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have yet to resume sending notices out. Collis said that the agency is developing a plan on how those collections notices will resume and she said it is an important piece of information that taxpayers with balances due need.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is seeing a "concerning" increase in state and federal payroll tax evasion and workers' compensation fraud in the U.S. residential and commercial real estate construction industries. "FinCEN is committed to combating fraud by shedding light on how illicit actors within the construction industry are using shell corporations and other tactics to commit workers' compensation fraud and avoid payroll taxes," FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das said in a statement.