IRS Warns Taxpayers That Hiring of Tax Enforcers Will ‘Ramp Up’ Soon

Internal Revenue Service is looking to tap into billions of extra federal funding to rebuild its capacities, including the expansion of “enforcement work”.

The IRS building is seen in Washington on Sept. 28, 2020. Erin Scott/Reuters

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to increase its hiring of tax enforcers in coming months, the agency’s chief has revealed, putting taxpayers on higher alert as the IRS bolsters the ranks of its enforcement army.

IRS commissioner Danny Werfel made the remarks on the sidelines of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management’s (AFERM) annual summit on Nov. 28.