Watchdog: IRS Lost 31% of Tax Auditors in DOGE Downsizing

Monday, May 05, 2025

The Internal Revenue Service lost 31% of its auditors from buyouts and layoffs tied to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, departures that are likely to hamper the agency's ability to go after tax cheats.

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... More than 3,600 revenue agents -- responsible for collecting tax payments -- have left the IRS, according to an IRS watchdog report.

In addition, 18% of revenue officers, who oversee challenging tax cases, and 10% of tax examiners -- front-line employees who review returns -- have also left the agency, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a recent report. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 08:31 PM | Reply

How much proper tax money will the IRS be unable to collect because of Mr Musk's crippling of the IRS?

And, as a side question, OK, maybe the main question, who seems to benefit from this?

The Top 1% who can afford lawyers to fight the IRS?

Or the low- and middle-income workers who cannot afford to fight the IRS?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 08:52 PM | Reply

Watchdog: IRS Lost 31% of Tax Auditors in DOGE Downsizing

It's not a bug. It's a feature.

GOP needs to neuter the IRS so the wealthy can rip off our tax system even more than they could with the existing structure they bought and paid for.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2025-05-05 09:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#3 ... GOP needs to neuter the IRS so the wealthy can rip off our tax system ...

That's the way it is looking.

All those IRS auditors that fmr Pres Biden hired now have apparently been shown the egress.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 10:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The goal was to hamstring the agency so millionaires can rip off the treasury.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-05-06 07:13 AM | Reply

Only dems would be for a larger IRS, but the Again I suspect many of those seems have a low income where they do not have to pay federal income taxes, so no skin in the game.

#6 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-05-06 12:41 PM | Reply

Msgt is an idiot. Jesus how can an adult be that dumb?

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-06 12:54 PM | Reply

"Only dems would be for a larger IRS, but the Again I suspect many of those seems have a low income where they do not have to pay federal income taxes, so no skin in the game."

You've got it completely backwards.

Moneyed interests want to kill the IRS enforcement ability.
So they do not have to pay federal income taxes.
So they don't lose any skin in the game.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-06 01:09 PM | Reply