IRS Warns Taxpayers That Hiring of Tax Enforcers Will ‘Ramp Up’ Soon

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to increase its hiring of tax enforcers in coming months, the agency’s chief has revealed, putting taxpayers on higher alert as the IRS bolsters the ranks of its enforcement army. IRS commissioner Danny Werfel made the remarks on the sidelines of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management’s (AFERM) annual summit on Nov. 28. In a keynote speech at the event, Mr. Werfel said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the IRS can tap the $60 billion or so in extra federal funding to modernize its outdated IT systems, enhance employee training, and generally rebuild its capacities....