Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa,
The leading Republican in the Senate’s group focused on governmental effectiveness is calling for the IRS to carry out an additional review of both present and past workers and independent contractors associated with the agency. As of May 2023, these individuals collectively owed approximately $46 million in overdue taxes.
As of May 2023, just fewer than 6,000 IRS staff members and contractors faced audits for failing to pay their taxes, and roughly one-third of them had entered into payment arrangements. This information comes from a Treasury inspector general’s report released previously. Ernst requested this information.
the report
At the time, they dispatched a missive to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week, imploring him to “make sure federal workers adhere to the tax legislation so as to uphold public trust.”
“In the era
of DOGE,
“I hope the IRS sorts out its own issues before targeting individual citizens,” Ernst stated.
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She also took issue with the IRS for bringing back around 400 people who were initially let go due to performance problems, including misconduct or not adhering to tax responsibilities.
The IRS
Additionally, “rehired 300 previous employees who were dismissed due to various reasons such as criminal behavior, sexual misconduct, failure to meet job requirements, physical altercations, and illegal access to tax records,” according to Ernst.
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A further report from the Treasury inspector general in March 2023 disclosed that over 42,000 civilian federal workers did not submit their required forms.
tax returns
by the deadline for multiple fiscal years, spanning from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2020.
As stated in the report, most of the “repeat nonfilers” worked for entities such as the Post Office, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Army.
The Treasury Department recovers $31 million from improper government payments made to deceased individuals.
“Given how much people dislike taxes, it’s not surprising that the IRS is considered America’s least favored agency,” Ernst said in a statement to FOX Business.
Ernst said the IRS has a “history of politicization” and “tax-dodging tax collectors.” Ernst’s push to crackdown on delinquent IRS workers comes three weeks ahead
of Tax Day.
In 2023, Ernst began implementing strategies to improve supervision over the IRS. She brought forth the “Audit the IRS Act” in July 2024, aimed at disqualifying people who have significant overdue taxes from holding positions as IRS officials or staff members.
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In February, Elon Musk of DOGE posted a survey on X asking users, “Do you want
@DOGE
to audit the IRS?”
“Indeed, and I have legislation in place precisely for this purpose!” Ernst replied to Musk.
Audit the IRS Act
will audit the auditors and fire the more than 800 IRS agents who owe millions of dollars in back taxes.”
However, the IRS blocked Musk’s aide from accessing individual taxpayer returns and other personal information, despite support from the White House to identify waste in the IRS.
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DOGE caucus leader demands IRS crackdown as nearly 6K staff owe up to $46M in back taxes
