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The IRS unit that audits billionaires has lost 38% of its employees since January, new data shows - ICIJ As Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy, the cuts at the IRS may be especially good news for America’s wealthiest taxpayers.

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy, the cuts at the IRS may be especially good news for America’s wealthiest taxpayers.

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After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say - ICIJ The upheaval undermines the agency’s quest to tackle high-end tax cheating.

Audits of rich individuals and corporations are at immediate risk of being closed prematurely without action due to a lack of personnel to complete them, according to several current employees at the IRS.

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IRS criminal referrals to US prosecutors hit a 40-year low in 2024 - ICIJ New data shows agents sent fewer cases for prosecution, compounding concerns the tax agency is taking an overly soft stance toward the wealthiest taxpayers.

New data shows U.S. Internal Revenue Service agents sent fewer cases for prosecution in 2024 than in decades, compounding concerns the tax agency is taking an overly soft stance toward the wealthiest taxpayers.

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IRS criminal referrals to US prosecutors hit a 40-year low in 2024 - ICIJ New data shows agents sent fewer cases for prosecution, compounding concerns the tax agency is taking an overly soft stance toward the wealthiest taxpayers.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service sent fewer criminal cases to federal prosecutors in the 2024 fiscal year than at any point in more than 40 years, according to a review of federal data by ICIJ.

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Report: IRS audit division goes soft on the wealthy | CNN Spencer Woodman speaks with CNN’s Jake Tapper

ICYMI: CNN's The Lead With Jake Tapper featured ICIJ reporter Spencer Woodman to discuss his latest #InsideTheIRS story, which cites a former IRS agent who expressed his concern about the agency's Large Business and International Division.

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ICIJ reporter Spencer Woodman is joining CNN's The Lead With Jake Tapper to discuss his latest #InsideTheIRS story, where he reveals how the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats, citing interviews with agents and new data.

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