The IRS is taking steps to protect the identity of its workers in an effort to deter personal threats aimed at the tax agency's employees.
FILE - The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. In an effort to stop personal threats aimed at IRS employees, the agency says it will start limiting the workers personal identifying information on communications with taxpayers. – In an effort to deter threats aimed at IRS employees, the agency said Thursday it will start limiting workers' personal identifying information on communications with taxpayers.
The IRS said it will remove workers' first names from communications, leaving their last names and respective Mr., Ms., or a gender-neutral title. Phone numbers will still be included in communications. The decision comes as the agency has received increased attention after the climate, health care and tax legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden last year included $80 billion funding for tax collection efforts., that 87,000 armed agents authorized to use deadly force were going to crack down on taxpayers of all earnings levels.
In August, IRS leadership announced that it would conduct a comprehensive review of the safety at its 600 facilities nationwide, after increased threats to workers were tied to the conspiracy theories. “For me this is personal. I’ll continue to make every effort to dispel any lingering misperceptions about our work,” then-Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in a letter to workers.
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