5,800 IRS Employees And Contractors Owe Nearly $50 Million In Unpaid Taxes: Treasury IG
- At least 5,800 IRS employees and contractors owe nearly $50 million in overdue taxes, and over half have not agreed to a payment plan, according to the Department of the Treasury’s Inspector-General for Tax Administration .
- Federal law mandates that federal workers with unpaid taxes must be removed, but IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has retained over 1,000 of these workers since 2021.
- The report states that non-compliant IRS employees could harm public trust in tax administration and perceptions of the IRS’s honesty.
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