“When people don’t file a tax return they’re required to, it’s not fair to those hardworking taxpayers who responsibly do their civic duty under the laws of our nation,” IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told reporters Thursday morning.
“And when people don’t file their taxes, they need to know there’s a consequence.”.
The IRS in recent months has announced a slew of new campaigns aimed at targeting high-wealth individuals who misuse the tax system or fail to pay their obligations.
For instance, last week IRS leadership said the agency will start up dozens of audits on businesses’ private jets and how they are used personally by executives and written off as a tax deduction.
And earlier this year, the agency announced it had collected roughly half a billion dollars in overdue taxes from delinquent millionaires.
Werfel said the agency’s non-filer programs have only run sporadically since 2016 due to lack of funding and staffing.
But since the federal tax collector received resources from the IRA, “the IRS now has the capacity to do this core tax administration work,” he said. »
