Budget constraints have caused the IRS to cut back on an important category of employees: the people who actually collect tax from delinquent individuals and businesses.
The number of these “revenue officers” fell to 3,028 in 2018 from 5,922 in 2010—an approximate 49% decrease—according to the agency’s Data Book for fiscal year 2018. This drop has a real effect on the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to crack down on businesses that are cheating the system by pocketing the money they withhold from employees’ paychecks. Historically, that has been one of the agency’s first collection priorities and one ...
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