Without More Funding IRS Reform Bills May Not Change IRS By Rob Kovacev and Carina Federico · April 30, 2018, 3:38 PM EDT The Internal Revenue Service faces many challenges in the near future: taxpayers frustrated with their interactions with the IRS, reliance on outdated technology — some of which dates back to the Kennedy administration — and identify theft and fraud, all while the IRS must implement the sweeping tax reform bill enacted last December. Now is the time for change at the IRS.