“Inflation Reduction” Act

[Belsnickel]

(08-20-2022, 03:47 PM)basballguy Wrote: I don’t know who Matt is l (I guess that’s the name of Belsniickel?)

I will believe data more than some random person on the internet any day of the week.

https://trac.syr.edu/tracirs/latest/679/

Will the IRS suddenly change how they do business with more agents? I guess we will see

That is interesting data. I left the tax game in FY 2012 and stayed in contact with folks for about 2-3 years after that. That article mentions the shift occurring during and immediately following that period. I knew the staffing had been a concern, but I had not realized that the examiners now outnumbered the agents. My information is outdated. Based on your article, when I was more involved in tax (and when I considered an IRS job) they were focusing on the higher income folks more.

So, to answer your question: yes.

If you read the article, you will see that what is needed is revenue agents as those are the more knowledgeable folks. Quite frankly, anyone on this board could be an examiner. It doesn't take very much skill or tax knowledge to do those audits. They are the H&R Block employees in the private sector. What they are looking to hire are the CPA types who can look at the more complicated returns that have been apparently been overlooked for the past 6-ish years due to low staffing. So the article you just linked helped answer the question.