IRS looks to hire 3,700 new agents to crack down on wealthy tax cheats [Video]

The Internal Revenue Service plans to hire thousands of new workers as part of its sweeping plan to crack down on potential tax violations by wealthy Americans. 

The tax-collecting agency announced Friday that it plans to fill more than 3,700 openings nationwide to “help with expanded enforcement work focusing on complex partnerships and large corporations.” 

The compliance positions are available in 250 locations, and are intended to “add fairness to the tax system” and expand oversight involving “areas of concern,” including high-income earners, big corporations, partnerships and promoters, according to the IRS.

“This next wave of hiring will help the IRS add key talent like tax accountants to help reverse a decade-long decline of audits for the wealthy as well as complex partnerships and corporations,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a statement.

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The job openings are part of a broader hiring spree underway at the IRS. 

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