The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is looking to boost its workforce to more than 100,000 employees over the coming years, according to IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel.
“We’re at 90,000 now. I think to get into a right-size position over the next two to three years, we need to be above 100,000, but not that much above 100,000,” Mr. Werfel told reporters on Monday, according to Reuters. The IRS had received $80 billion through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, which was later reduced to around $60 billion. Following the funding allocation, IRS issued a strategic operating plan outlining how the agency intends to deploy the funding. The agency will update its strategic operating plan next month, detailing its hiring plans, Mr. Werfel said.
