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Withholding Scheme Touches About $740 Million in Tax Refunds Original

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By Erin Slowey Verified
| Daily Tax Report Verified
Noncompliant tax preparers who likely were filing returns using a withholding tax scheme resulted in roughly $740 million in refunds in tax years 2023 and 2024, a watchdog said. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found in a Friday report that 2,044 return preparers likely promoted an overstated withholding scheme for those tax years. About 84% of those preparers were uncredentialed.
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After DOGE Cuts, IRS to Now Hire About 1,000 for Civil Divisions Original

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By Erin Slowey Verified
| Daily Tax Report Verified
The IRS is beefing up its civil and crime unit workforce again after steep losses from Elon Musk’s purge of the federal government. The IRS will hire roughly 1,000 employees for the small business and self-employed and large business and international divisions, Jarod Koopman, chief of compliance and criminal investigation at the IRS told Bloomberg Tax at the UCLA Tax controversy conference Thursday. The crime unit is hiring about 175 workers.
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After DOGE Cuts, IRS to Now Hire About 1,000 for Civil Divisions

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By Erin Slowey Verified
| Bloomberg Government Verified
The IRS is beefing up its civil and crime unit workforce again after steep losses from Elon Musk’s purge of the federal government. The IRS will hire roughly 1,000 employees for the small business and self-employed and large business and international divisions, Jarod Koopman, chief of compliance and criminal investigation at the IRS told Bloomberg Tax at the UCLA Tax controversy conference Thursday. The crime unit is hiring about 175 workers.
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