Go back six years to get current on unfiled returns.

In most cases, the IRS will require the past six years of unfiled tax returns for an account to be considered current.  This is a written directive of the IRS, found in IRS Policy Statement 5-133, “Delinquent Returns - Enforcement of Filing Requirements”.  
If the unfiled returns have a balance due, the amount you owe will double [...]

IRS employee charged with improper access to taxpayer files

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Kentucky has issued a release detailing that an IRS employee at the Covington, Kentucky, IRS Service Center has been charged and arrested with improperly accessing the accounts of taxpayers.  
It is alleged that the employee, John Snyder of Cincinnati, who worked in a business return function, accessed the [...]