IRS ends unannounced visits to taxpayers – IOTW Report

IRS ends unannounced visits to taxpayers

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The IRS on Monday said it is ending its decades-long practice of agency revenue officers making unannounced visits to taxpayers, citing concerns over agent safety and an increase in scammers. 

Unarmed agency employees would visit homes and businesses to collect unpaid taxes and unfiled tax returns. Except for a few unique circumstances, unannounced visits will immediately end and be replaced with mailed letters for taxpayers to schedule meetings, the IRS said.

“The growth in scam artists bombarding taxpayers has increased confusion about home visits by IRS revenue officers. Sometimes scam artists appear at the door posing as IRS agents, creating confusion for not just the taxpayers living there but local law-enforcement,” the agency said in an announcement about the new policy.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said the visits created anxiety for both taxpayers and agency employees.  more

16 Comments on IRS ends unannounced visits to taxpayers

  1. increased confusion

    Correct. There is no difference at all between a scam artist and an IRS agent.

    Good thing we got another 86,000 of them on the way. And the UNarmed ones just stopped their unannounced visits.

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  2. But they have been notifying… CNN when they do a no-knock warrantless visit on a conservative person. I mean, you want the public to see how much terror they can create. You know, IF they want to.

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  3. “…citing concerns over agent safety and an increase in scammers.”

    The agents ARE the scammers. Glad to see government being afraid of the public, as it should be.

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  4. These IRS agents are living in your community. Easy enough to follow home and identify. 80,000+ armed agents with minimal training and orders to use lethal force if needed. Shoot first. Collect their gear. Disappear the bodies. Repeat.

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