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2022-11-02 13:28:46 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The 87,000 new agents comes from a May 2021 report from the Treasury Department assessing how the IRS could use an $80 billion appropriation. The report says the IRS could add nearly 87,000 new staff, not all enforcement agents. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/31/irs-is-not-hiring-an-army-of-auditors-whats-really-happening.html https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the-irss-fiscal-year-2022-budget

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• The 87,000 new agents comes from a May 2021 report from the Treasury Department assessing how the IRS could use an $80 billion appropriation. The report says the IRS could add nearly 87,000 new staff, not all enforcement agents. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/31/irs-is-not-hiring-an-army-of-auditors-whats-really-happening.html https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the-irss-fiscal-year-2022-budget