The Internal Revenue Service said that it plans to hire more than 3,700 compliance personnel to help crack down on complex partnerships and large corporations.
The agency said Friday that the positions will be open in more than 250 locations nationwide and is part of a larger effort "to add fairness to the tax system and expand tax enforcement involving areas of concern with high-income earners, partnerships, large corporations and promoters."
The hiring will be for "higher-graded revenue agents, which are specialized technical positions that generally focus on audits," officially called Internal Revenue Agents, the agency said, with an annual salary of about $125,000.
On Sept. 8, the IRS said that it was shifting its attention to wealthy taxpayers, partnerships and other high earners "that have seen sharp drops in audit rates" during the past decade.
