As IRS Enforcement Makes News, Here’s a Look at Liens and Levies

President Joe Biden has proposed giving more money—an extra $80 billion over the next decade—to the IRS to collect taxes.

While that’s welcome news for some in the tax profession, taxpayers may not be so sure. Many taxpayers already fear the IRS, and the notion that the agency may be getting more money for enforcement makes them worry: What if they come for me?

The Coalition to Protect American Workers is already seizing on this idea, running ads with a foreboding background and a voice-over that warns: “If Joe Biden gets his way, they’re coming: IRS agents.” The ad continues ...