IRS faces delays in identity theft cases and pandemic-era tax credit claims despite new funding.

The IRS has improved taxpayer services with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, but faces challenges in processing claims from a pandemic-era tax credit program and resolving identity theft cases. Delays in identity theft resolutions have risen to 22 months, and the agency is still processing a backlog of 1.2 million Employee Retention Credit claims. The taxpayer advocate calls for Congress to expand the U.S. Tax Court's jurisdiction and give more funding to the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program.

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