New U.S. IRS hires over the next decade will mainly answer taxpayer questions and program new computers, U.S. Treasury officials and tax experts said, responding to Republican claims that new agents are being recruited to harass Americans on their taxes
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Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, has said Democrats plan to hire an "army of 87,000 IRS agents," more than the population of Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.Others, including Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, have repeatedly said that 87,000 new agents would be armed.found that only 2,100 special agents in the IRS Criminal Investigation branch are authorized to carry firearms.
"The speed and voracity with which are coming at this is really a testament to how important these resources are going to be - because there are many wealthy tax evaders that stand to lose a lot," Sarin said. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen directed IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig this week to produce a $80 billion spending and hiring plan within six months, but not to boost scrutiny on people earning under $400,000.
"We’ll have an IRS that is able to serve Americans the way that they deserve. That means an IRS, for example, that is able to answer the phones," Sarin added.
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