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Articles are all over the place. It's not like its a state secret. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2022/08/11/irs-to-add-87000-new-agents-more-crypto-

• shkkmo 4y ago
  That's a crypto scare piece using misinformation to drive his own business. The "87,000 agents” number is a partisan piece of talking point misinformation. The numer comes from this report: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/The-American-Families-Plan-Tax-Compliance-Agenda.pdf https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/The-American-Fami... The number describes the total number of new employees that would be added over the next 10 years and most of that increase would happen over the second half of that period. So no, there are not 87,000 new agents and neither the new IT personel nor the the new customer service personel will be carrying guns. Yes this is a significant increase in IRS funding, but it happens on the heels of a decade of significant cuts to the IRS. It is impossible to have a proper discussion on this topic when it is dominated by people spreading misinformation.