‘Revolving Door’: Watchdog Finds That IRS Agents Often Work For Big Accounting Firms

Federal lawmakers say employees from the private sector have conflicts of interest when they join the IRS and U.S. Treasury.

The IRS building in Washington on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Hundreds of IRS agents have received money from big accounting firms and corporations, posing a potential conflict of interest, according to a recent audit.

At the IRS, 496 employees received incomes from a large accounting firm or a large corporation before joining the agency, while they were employed at the agency, or after leaving it, according to the Aug. 24 audit (pdf) conducted by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration (TIGTA).