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IRS needs to use pay incentives more to keep up with hiring goals, watchdog warns

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 11:33 a.m.

An IRS watchdog is calling on the agency to make better use of pay incentives already available to stay on track with plans to build up its workforce.\nThe IRS has more than a dozen pay incentives available to recruit and retain employees with skills that are essential to its operations.\nBut the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, in a recent report, found the IRS only used these pay incentives to recruit, retain or relocate about 1,400 employees between fiscal 2019 and 2022.\nThe agency, during this period, made a total payout of $1.5 million through these incentives.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices