The IRS is cracking down on more tax cheats this year but failed to enforce this standard on thousands of its employees.
While 96% of IRS employees fulfilled their tax obligations last year, a significant share were delinquent, owing nearly $50 million in taxes to the IRS, a new oversight report found. The lack of accountability among the agency’s ranks raises questions, particularly given sweeping IRS efforts to enforce tax compliance and restore fairness in the nation’s tax system — starting with non-compliant taxpayers.