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An online job posting for a special agent within the Law Enforcement Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is causing controversy on social media. Congress is preparing to pass an appropriation bill that will greatly expand federal agency.
A link to a job listing for “Criminal Investigation Special Agents” appeared to have been temporarily removed Wednesday following online criticism of the post’s wording, but was reinstated after FOX Business contacted the agency. displayed online.
The applicant’s “important requirement” is that he “is legally authorized to carry a firearm” and the “primary duty” includes “carrying a firearm and, if necessary, carrying a deadly willing to use force” and “willing to do so”. Participating in arrests, executing search warrants, and other dangerous missions, according to job listings.
While the same language appears in job listings for other law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI, the requirement that agents be willing to use “lethal force when necessary” has drawn fierce criticism online. rice field.
“IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent job announcements continue to be posted on USAJobs and have not/have not been taken down. location,” an IRS spokesperson told FOX Business.
“Announcements will begin in February 2022 and will continue until December 31, 2022.”
The uproar surrounding the post coincided with criticism of the proposed expansion of the IRS under the Inflation Reduction Act. This includes an $80 billion addition to his IRS over a decade, more than half of which is aimed at helping government agencies crack down on tax avoidance.
If passed, the funds will be used to fill 87,000 IRS positions, more than double the size of the current IRS. The bill passed the Senate on Sunday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting a tie vote. Now heading to the House of Representatives for a possible vote over the weekend.
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This April 13, 2014 file photo shows the headquarters building of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, Files/AP Newsroom)
Senate Democrats say more funding for the IRS will increase federal revenue by $124 billion over the next decade by hiring more tax enforcers who can crack down on wealthy individuals and businesses that try to evade taxes. I expected it to be possible.
But Republicans warn that the bill would fund an army of IRS agents to crack down on small business owners and low-income workers. Americans will be subject to 60% of the additional tax audits expected under the Democratic spending package.
President Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh / AP Newsroom)
This analysis is a conservative estimate based on recent audit rates and tax filing data, with individuals earning $75,000 or less annually subject to 710,863 additional IRS audits, and individuals earning $1 million or more. represents 52,295 additional audits. under the bill.
Overall, the IRS will audit more than 1.2 million more American tax returns annually, according to the analysis. An additional 236,685 of the estimated additional audits are for individuals with annual incomes between her $75,000 and $200,000.
Democrats argue that agents hired for the appropriations bill will not target Americans making less than $400,000 a year.
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig testifies before the House Subcommittee on Ways and Means in Washington on March 17, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Deitch/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Responding to criticism of the expected increase in tax audits under the bill, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said Thursday that the “audit rate” would not rise compared to recent years.
The IRS did not immediately respond to FOX Business’s inquiry as to why the special agent job posting was removed.
Fox News’ Thomas Catenacci and Megan Heney contributed to this report.
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