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Daniel Werfel testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Feb. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. Effective immediately, the Internal Revenue Service will end its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a nod to worker safety and combatting scammers who pose as IRS agents. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS still struggling to hire, train agents to go after wealthy taxpayers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

IRS refused to pay stimulus checks, wrongly claiming taxpayers were dead

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. Effective immediately, the Internal Revenue Service will end its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a nod to worker safety and combatting scammers who pose as IRS agents. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS lost hundreds of packages with taxpayers’ information

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting preferential treatment. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Hunter’s courtroom debacle vindicates IRS whistleblowers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. The IRS plans to test-drive a new electronic free-file tax return system next year. Supporters and critics of the idea are mobilizing to sway the public and Congress over whether the government should set up a program to help people file their taxes without needing to pay somebody else to figure out what they owe. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS skimps on audits of high-dollar partnerships

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS agent with the criminal division Joseph Ziegler testifies during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Credible testimony by IRS whistleblowers knocks Biden administration on heels

By Hans von Spakovsky and Cully Stimson

U.S. Attorney David Weiss holds a press conference Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his district office in Wilmington, Del., after 11 women and a man returned guilty verdicts for all four defendants in the Wilmington Trust fraud trial. (Suchat Pederson /The News Journal via AP)

Tag team in U.S. attorney’s office accused of hiding Biden bribery allegations

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Matt Taibbi, left, with Michael Shellenberger, testifies before House Select Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

IRS agents stop making surprise house calls; visit to journalist raises questions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. Effective immediately, the Internal Revenue Service will end its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a nod to worker safety and combatting scammers who pose as IRS agents. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety and combat scammers

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley, left, and Joseph Ziegler, an IRS Agent with the criminal investigations division, are sworn in at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Blowing the whistle on the Biden tragicomedy

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS steps toward a new free-file tax return system have both supporters and critics mobilizing

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. The Republican chairmen of three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department's handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

IRS agents say Justice Department brass nixed felony charges against Hunter Biden

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., center, joined at left by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Comer will lead an Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, with two IRS whistleblowers who allege the Justice Department interfered with the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

IRS whistleblowers will testify to Congress as they claim ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Hunter Biden talks with guests before President Joe Biden offers a toast during a State Dinner for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

FBI agent confirms IRS agents’ testimony on interference in Hunter Biden probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington on March 22, 2013. The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avert budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency. IRS leaders said they collected $38 million in delinquent taxes from more than 175 high-income taxpayers in the past few months.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A Meta sign is displayed at the company's booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, March 22, 2023. A group of congressional Democrats reported Wednesday, July 12, that three large tax preparation firms sent "extraordinarily sensitive" information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook's parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

3 tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Illustration on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Hunter Biden by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How DOJ protected Hunter Biden and his father

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - The Internal Revenue Service building stands in Washington on March 22, 2013. The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit collectives paying college athletes to promote charities has been hit with a potentially seismic disruption. A 12-page memo from the Internal Revenue Service released in June 2023 determined that in many cases, the nonprofit collectives may not qualify as tax-exempt if their main purpose is paying players instead of supporting charitable works. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS commissioner tells agency employees of right to directly inform Congress about their concerns

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Washington. The Biden's are returning from Camp David. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Prostitutes for Hunter Biden cross legality line

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times