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2022-11-02 14:30:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9E2542433FE055CBA699C5BEFB0B26A4264D7132E4490E602FBE123D2E5015F2
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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
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