Internal Revenue Service agents will no longer make unannounced visits to taxpayers’ homes, the agency said Monday, in a policy shift meant to protect employees’ safety due to the fear of potentially irate taxpayers answering the door.
Since at least the 1950s, revenue agents have knocked on tens of thousands of taxpayers’ doors each year, according to agency staff. The new policy will reduce these visits to no more than a few hundred per year, and only under unusual circumstances.overdue tax notices in the mail, the agency will send letters that instruct taxpayers to schedule a visit with a revenue officer, it explained.
The agency said it would only send officers unannounced in unusual circumstances, such as cases where the delinquent taxpayer might hide money “beyond the reach of the government” and agents were planning to seize assets.Safety concerns have long dogged the door-knockers. More than 30 years ago, the IRS said agents were assaulted hundreds of times in a year, making them the most-attacked federal law enforcement officers.
that its growing workforce collected $38 million in tax debts from just 175 high-income taxpayers in recent months, by focusing on high earners known to have not paid their taxes.The agency has also vowed to update its computer systems so that tax data in the future can be analyzed by artificial intelligence. The upgrades should help flag tax cheats in a more sophisticated manner than random audits.
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