IRS Ends Decades-Long Practice of Visiting Taxpayers’ Homes Unannounced

The Internal Revenue Service announced Monday that it would cease sending federal agents to make unannounced visits to taxpayer homes, citing safety concerns for both the employee and the taxpayer.

“These visits created extra anxiety for taxpayers already wary of potential scam artists,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a news release. “At the same time, the uncertainty around what IRS employees faced when visiting these homes created stress for them as well.”

The federal agency began making unscheduled visits to households and businesses in the 1950s to collect unpaid taxes and resolve unfiled tax returns. But in recent years, Werfel said increased security concerns “on multiple fronts,” including frauds posing as IRS agents bombarding taxpayers, confusing local law enforcement, and hazardous situations, led to the decision to end such in-person visits.

“This is the right thing to do and the right time to end it,” he added. (Read more from “IRS Ends Decades-Long Practice of Visiting Taxpayers’ Homes Unannounced” HERE)

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