Federal sub-agency · Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service obligated $2.7B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 6,271 contract actions (−32% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC ($276.5M). It also awarded $74.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.7B
Actions
6,271
New awards: 834
Sole-source
13%
Small business
43%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2BFY2017
  2. 2.4BFY2018
  3. 2.3BFY2019
  4. 2.3BFY2020
  5. 2.9BFY2021
  6. 3.1BFY2022
  7. 4.3BFY2023
  8. 4.6BFY2024
  9. 3.9BFY2025
  10. 2.7BFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$276.5M10%
  2. FCN, INC.$204.6M7.6%
  3. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$162.5M6.1%
  4. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$78.4M2.9%
  5. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$75.9M2.8%
  6. MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$67.9M2.5%
  7. FOUR LLC$67.6M2.5%
  8. ID.ME, LLC$65M2.4%
  9. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$61.4M2.3%
  10. MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.$56.1M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$2.1B77%
  2. Professional services$436.9M16%
  3. Construction & real property$48.7M1.8%
  4. Facilities & utilities$44.8M1.7%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$38.1M1.4%
  6. Transportation & logistics$15.6M0.6%
  7. Equipment maintenance$8.9M0.3%
  8. Education & social services$5.1M0.2%
  9. Health & medical$2.9M0.1%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.5M0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$815.3M30%
  2. District of Columbia$495.7M19%
  3. Maryland$483.2M18%
  4. West Virginia$125.5M4.7%
  5. Arizona$98.3M3.7%
  6. New Hampshire$55.6M2.1%
  7. New York$55.6M2.1%
  8. Colorado$54.7M2.0%
  9. California$53.9M2.0%
  10. Massachusetts$48.8M1.8%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition37%
    US 39% · $1B
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $348.6M
  • Single-offer competitions24%
    US 8.7% · $653.2M
  • Urgency justifications3.4%
    US 5.1% · $89.6M
  • Year-end rush19%
    US 6.0% · $506.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $826.3K
  • Time-and-materials pricing5.2%
    US 4.2% · $138.1M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. IT OPERATIONS$143.8M13%
  2. SPECIAL OPERATIONS$68.4M40%
  3. OPERATION SERVICES$65.2M35%
  4. TAXPAYER FOCUSED SUPPORT$62.7M19%
  5. IT STRATEGY AND MODERNIZATION$8.6M1.1%

Contracts terminated for default: 1

Largest awards

  1. ESTABLISH A BROAD NETWORKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ENVIRONMENT TO MEET ITS NETWORK SERVICES (WIDE AREA AND LOCAL AREA NETWORK), VOICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, AUDIO/VIDEO/WEB CONFERENCING, AND CYBER REQUIREMENTS.$366M
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Dec 10, 2020 – Jul 24, 2026· 2032H521F00050
  2. MANAGED INFRASTRUCTURE DATA SERVICE (MIDS) COVID-19$294.4M
    PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 4, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 2032H521F00298
  3. THE TFCCEIS TASK ORDER IS TO TRANSITION THE EXISTING TFCC SERVICES FROM THE NETWORX CONTRACT ONTO THE EIS CONTRACT VEHICLE IN A MANNER THAT WILL ENABLE CONTINUITY OF AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK OF TOLL FREE SERVICES FOR THE IRS.$291.7M
    VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 26, 2019 – Sep 9, 2026· 2032H519F00641
  4. IBM SOFTWARE LICENSING, MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT AND SUBSCRIPTION FOR IRS$259.4M
    FOUR LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 29, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026· 2032H523F00382
  5. BROADCOM SOFTWARE LICENSE AND MAINT$242.7M
    FCN, INC.· Pima County, AZ· IT & telecom· Dec 7, 2022 – Jun 24, 2026· 2032H523F00058
  6. MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSES AND SUPPORT (TASK ORDER 00004)$241.6M
    MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 31, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026· 2032H524F00310
  7. BASE AWARD FOR IRS CISCO CATALOG. BASE YEAR 12 MONTHS WITH FOUR 12-MONTH OPTION PERIODS.$233.5M
    FCN, INC.· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 25, 2023 – Oct 2, 2026· 2032H523F00493
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCIES (PCAS OR CONTRACTORS) TO COLLECT CERTAIN OUTSTANDING INACTIVE IRS TAX RECEIVABLES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT AND THE POLICY.$194.6M
    THE CBE GROUP, INC.· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Feb 8, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 2032H521F00136

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Internal Revenue Service obligated $74.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 784 actions (488 new awards), +7.2% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 21.009 · Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program ($40M).

Assistance · FY2026
$74.6M
New awards
488
Actions
784
Since FY2021
$373M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 46.8MFY2021
  2. 51.5MFY2022
  3. 62.1MFY2023
  4. 68.3MFY2024
  5. 69.6MFY2025
  6. 74.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$74.6M100%

Top programs

  1. 21.009 · Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program$40M54%
  2. 21.008 · Low Income Taxpayer Clinics$22.9M31%
  3. 21.006 · Tax Counseling for the Elderly$11.7M16%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. AARP FOUNDATION$15.2M20%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  2. CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES, INC$1.4M1.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA
  3. ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$1.3M1.7%
    DETROIT, MI
  4. UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA$825K1.1%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  5. THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION$783.3K1.0%
    NORTHRIDGE, CA
  6. KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER, INC$750K1.0%
    LOS ANGELES, CA
  7. BAKERRIPLEY$675K0.9%
    HOUSTON, TX
  8. CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND, INC$625K0.8%
    BALTIMORE, MD

Where it went

  1. California$7.8M11%
  2. Texas$4.7M6.2%
  3. Pennsylvania$4.1M5.4%
  4. New York$3.5M4.7%
  5. Florida$3.3M4.4%
  6. Michigan$2.4M3.2%
  7. Ohio$1.9M2.5%
  8. Georgia$1.7M2.3%
  9. Illinois$1.5M2.0%
  10. Arizona$1.4M1.9%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $242.2M (315 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $395.9K (6 subawards)

150 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$36.9M15%
    RESTON, VA · 35 subawards
  2. TIVERITY CONSULTING INC$14.9M6.1%
    DULUTH, GA · 1 subaward
  3. IMAGING BUSINESS MACHINES LLC$12.5M5.2%
    IRONDALE, AL · 3 subawards
  4. ORACLE AMERICA, INC.$11.4M4.7%
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards
  5. RED HAT, LLC$7.6M3.1%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  6. J S L COMPUTER SERVICES INC$6M2.5%
    HUDSON, NY · 20 subawards
  7. DATA DIMENSIONS, LLC$5.9M2.5%
    JANESVILLE, WI · 1 subaward
  8. CONDUENT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC$5.1M2.1%
    FLORHAM PARK, NJ · 1 subaward
  9. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$5M2.1%
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards
  10. S2 TECHNOVATIONS INC$4.8M2.0%
    ASHBURN, VA · 11 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$181.7M
Clients
189
Reports
345

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  2. The Business Roundtable, Inc.$14.5M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  3. Amazon.com Services LLCAI match · 100%$8.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  4. American Medical AssociationAI match · 99%$8M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  5. AARP$7.9M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$6.8M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  7. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$5.3M
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Energy and nuclear
  8. THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99%$5.2M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Health issues
  9. MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99%$5.1M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  10. NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL$5M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Energy and nuclear
  11. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE$4.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Energy and nuclear
  12. National Retail Federation$4.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Health issues
  13. SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION$3.8M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Financial institutions, investments and securities, Banking
  14. Delta Air Lines, Inc.AI match · 100%$3.2M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  15. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA$3.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Banking, Agriculture

9 more clients ($515K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.