The IRS announced Friday that it has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from wealthy Americans who either failed to file their tax returns or didn’t fully pay what they owed.
This joint announcement with the U.S. Treasury Department highlights the agency’s increased enforcement against tax evaders, which has been bolstered by funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
The IRS funding has sparked controversy, with some Republican lawmakers falsely claiming it would be used to hire 87,00