86,852 NEW IRS EMPLOYEES. You've probably heard Republicans say the Inflation Reduction Act, the massive spending bill just passed by Senate Democrats, includes provisions to hire 87,000 new IRS agents. The number seems too big to believe. The IRS has just 93,654 employees, according to the...
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The Inflation Reduction Act is the slimmed-down version of the even more massive "Build Back Better" bill, which failed earlier this year due to the opposition of Sen.
Joe Manchin (D-WV). We know a lot about the IRS provisions of the new bill because the same provisions were in Build Back Better, which the administration extensively promoted. That's where the 87,000 figure came from. In May 2021, the Treasury Department produced a
22-page analysis of Build Back Better, and in supporting tables, the document said the bill would add 86,852 FTEs, or full-time equivalent employees, to the IRS between now and the year 2031. Do a little rounding, and there's the 87,000.