5,800 IRS Employees and Contractors Owe Nearly $50 Million in Unpaid Taxes: Treasury IG

Thousands of workers assigned to collect levies from American taxpayers are themselves late in paying balances due on their own returns.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 15, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

At least 5,800 IRS employees and contractors owe almost $50 million in overdue taxes and more than half of them haven’t been required to agree to a payment plan, according to the Department of the Treasury’s Inspector-General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

In a report made available to The Epoch Times, TIGTA  said auditors found 3,414, or 4 percent, of the 85,359 employees at the IRS have unpaid taxes. Of those with payment plans, $9 million remains unpaid, while $12 million is owed by employees without a payment plan.