In the past, you may have heard some lawmakers say that because of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), an “army” of 87,000 new IRS agents will be coming to audit ordinary taxpayers. More ...

said Thursday the worst thing that’s happened during President Joe Biden’s time in office is a new law adding “87,000 more” Internal Revenue Service agents. Moskowitz said the new IRS ...

If you thought slashing 6,700 jobs at the IRS was a lot, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Years of Republican rhetoric tarring the Internal Revenue Service with allegations of anti-conservative bias are ...

In May 2021, the Biden administration approved hiring 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service employees by 2031, but only a ...

As Kiplinger reported, that idea spurred fear and worry on social media when some lawmakers alleged that 87,000 new IRS agents were essentially coming for the tax dollars of middle-income earners.

You might recall that in 2021, the IRS was authorized to hire 87,000 new tax collectors and ... It's not clear they ever really did hire all those new agents and paper-filers; the IRS remains ...

Trimming the workforce will partially undo the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, which devoted $80 billion to employing 87,000 new IRS agents, according to a September 2023 report ...

arguing it could unleash up to 87,000 new IRS agents on the lives and transactions of middle-class Americans. Although much of the tax evasion and avoidance that occurs happens among the wealthy ...

The narrow new Republican majority took control of ... told Fox News that "the average American cares about defunding 87,000 IRS agents." What did this opening salvo by House Republicans accomplish?