I had an interesting conversation with an IRS official a few days ago.
I asked him, as I do all IRS officers I come into contact with, what he thought about the government bailouts and whether the IRS was going to step up enforcement activities to help pay for them.
The agent told me that the local Orlando/Maitland, Florida office had hired at least 10 new collection officers for 2009 and there maybe even more hires in 2010.
He said that there was increasing pressure on collection agents to step up their enforced collection actions, but that so many people are unemployed and/or have seen the value of their assets (especially their homes) decline in recent months that he has had to place many of them in non-collectible status until the economy turns around.
Their are currently 30 IRS collection officers in the Orlando office. The new hirings constitute an increase of 30% in the collection workforce.
Similar IRS collection workforce increases are taking place throughout the country.
Now you can’t say you haven’t been warned.
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