Lawmakers consider $5 million to boost DOR audit technology amid data and contracting questions House File 3913 would give $5 million to the Department of Revenue for audit technology aimed at complex filers; labor and community witnesses supported the investment but urged in-house capacity and raised concerns about broad contracting authority and taxpayer data protections.

Lawmakers are pushing for a $5 million investment to enhance the Department of Revenue's audit technology, but concerns about outsourcing and data privacy are raising eyebrows.

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Revenue commissioner: Minnesota prevented or recovered more than $2.26 billion over four years The Department of Revenue told the committee that through collections, audits and fraud prevention tools it validated about $270 million of stopped refund fraud in the last four years and verified roughly $2.26 billion brought in or prevented over that period; the department said it also blocks millions of attempted cyberattacks annually.

Minnesota's Department of Revenue has recovered over $2.26 billion in just four years by cracking down on tax fraud and enhancing compliance efforts.

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Revenue department details fraud prevention, collections and criminal enforcement Department of Revenue officials described voluntary compliance programs, identity verification and enforcement tools that yielded about $512 million in collections in 2025 and roughly $270 million in fraud prevented over four years; the department outlined commissioner filings, criminal prosecutions and expanded interagency data sharing.

Minnesota's Department of Revenue just revealed how they collected $512 million in 2025 and prevented $270 million in fraud through innovative compliance and enforcement strategies!

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