Return Review Program (RRP)
Investment ID: 015-000000044
Overview
Program Title
Return Review Program (RRP)
Description
In late 2016 after the IRS retired the core functionality of EFDS, RRP became the primary system used for prerefund anomaly and fraud detection for individual tax returns claiming refunds, including all identity theft and fraud detection components.
RRP uses leading-edge, machine learning technologies to detect, resolve, and prevent criminal and civil tax refund fraud and non-compliance. The IRS will expand the use of RRP to other return types, to further improve the agency's ability to pursue significant areas of tax noncompliance.
RRP is an anomaly detection system that enhances the IRS' capabilities to detect, resolve, and prevent criminal and civil non-compliance (such as identity theft), in Tax Returns, reducing issuance of refunds for fraudulent tax returns.
RRP is in sustaining operations targeted to deliver business value within the following scope areas: Analytics and Automation, Data Access and Analysis, Addressing Legacy Components, Infrastructure/Architecture.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
During 2022 (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022), RRP selected over 2 million returns as potential fraud with a refund value of approximately $5 billion. Since Filing Season 2015 through December 31, 2022, RRP has protected over $23 billion in confirmed revenue on an appropriated budget of approximately $510 million that translates to an average return on investment of just under $43 for each dollar invested.