In recent comments, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel explained that the agency doesn’t make sweeping assumptions that any taxpayer making more than $400,000 is automatically assumed to be a tax cheat and should expect an audit. Instead, Werfel stressed that the IRS is using funding provided by the Inflation Reduction Act to better leverage data to set a more “level playing field” in its enforcement efforts. Commenting on the IRS’s modernization processes, Werfel said the agency is “putting more focus than we ever have” to “really lean into analytics and the evidence base” of changes. He also stressed that the IRS is focusing on how it communicates with taxpayers and on expediting resolutions.
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