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IRS agents are easy to calculate pay. Base living wage ($70-$90k) + 1-5% of each amount recovered Incentivize pursuing the biggest evaders, and the problem m
by jasonjayr 6y ago
IRS agents are easy to calculate pay.
Base living wage ($70-$90k)
+ 1-5% of each amount recovered
Incentivize pursuing the biggest evaders, and the problem may solve itself.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoAs other commissioned jobs will show you, like in real estate, that’s only an incentive to close high volume easy deals, not move mountains to chase hard deals. Your idea would likely just spur a movement to throw the book at normal working people to extract the most from easy targets, like self-employed misfiles.
- aoeusnth1 6y agoYou could address that to have the benefit only usable once per year.
- jasonjayr 6y agoAdmitted, without much data to back myself up, I think I disagree. Real Estate has a tier of broker that handles the huge deals too. Right now the IRS are spending too much time going after the low hanging fruit, which is hurting the little guys. The department has been gutted and understaffed, so they are trying to hit the easy less sophisticated targets. A few $1 Million settlements could more than double their salary for the year. Even if the bonus was split between a team, a few whales would be a boon.