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Tyra Burris

Federal tax reporter at Tax Notes (Tax Notes Today Federal) covering the IRS, Treasury, and Capitol Hill tax policy.

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PODCASTS

Sep 25, 2026

Modernizing the IRS: What's The Plan?

Sep 25 · 14m

David StewartHOST

0:50

Tyra, could you give us a brief background?

Tyrah BurrisGUEST

0:53

Yeah, so the IRS has been modernizing its systems for a while.

Tyrah BurrisGUEST

0:58

And one system that they've been focusing on is the individual master file.

Tyrah BurrisGUEST

1:03

And that's a database that's about more than 60 years old.

Tyrah BurrisGUEST

1:07

And it's written in assembly language code and common business oriented language.

Tyrah BurrisGUEST

1:13

And so the IMF stores and processes the individual taxpayer account information and tax returns.

Tyrah BurrisGUEST

1:19

So Like I said, that system is roughly 60 years old, and they've specifically been working with modernizing with the Cade projects.

David StewartHOST

2:49

So what drew you to look into this topic?