IRS to Hire 3,700 Agents to Audit Wealthy Tax Dodgers

The new compliance initiative, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, “will be driven with the help of improved technology as well as Artificial Intelligence that will help IRS compliance teams better detect tax cheating, identify emerging compliance threats and improve case selection tools to avoid burdening taxpayers with needless ‘no-change’ audits,” the agency explained.

The first wave of hiring focused on taxpayer service positions to help improve the IRS’ phone and in-person assistance.

“This next wave of hiring will help the IRS add key talent like tax accountants to help reverse a decade-long decline of audits for the wealthy as well as complex partnerships and corporations,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werferl said in a statement. “These new employees will be focused on higher-income and complex tax areas like partnerships, not average taxpayers making less than $400,000.”

People working in financial services frequently have the relevant education, experience and skills to apply, the agency said.