IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes − not just hiring more enforcement agents

The IRS plans to use most of these new funds to step up enforcement and improve customer service for taxpayers. 

There's been plenty of conjecture about what the added enforcement will look like and no shortage of fearmongeringabout the tens of thousands of new agents the IRS might hire. 

Often left out of this discussion is the fact that the agency's staffing was cut by 22% between 2010 and 2021. Much of the agency's hiring spree will replace these labor shortages rather than fill new posts. Further, the IRS expects over 50,000 of its employees to retire within five years. 

The agency aims to hire 20,000 people over the next two years, of which one-third will work in enforcement…

https://theconversation.com/irs-is-using-60b-funding-boost-to-ramp-up-use-of-technology-to-collect-taxes-not-just-hiring-more-enforcement-agents-208627