Posted on 02/22/2023 7:49:11 AM PST by Twotone
As the Internal Revenue Service seeks to bolster the ranks of its weapon-carrying Criminal Investigation unit, a former special agent described the inner workings of the division and said its key function is “to put the fear of God in people” and intimidate Americans into tax compliance.
Former IRS Special Agent Robert Nordlander told Accounting Today, in a wide-ranging interview published on Feb. 20, that while most Americans have a sense of what IRS tax audits look like, the work of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) unit is shrouded in some mystery.
Dubbed “gun-toters,” the armed special agents in the unit are responsible for enforcing those parts of tax code whose violations amount to crimes, he said. “When crimes are committed, the IRS-CI are the ones that actually enforce” the law, Nordlander said.
The IRS-CI examines potential criminal activity related to tax crimes and makes recommendations for prosecution to the tax division of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
There are now around 2,100 “gun-toters” in the criminal investigations division, and the IRS—flush with funds from a new cash injection—is looking to hire more special agents.
Carissa Cutrell, a public affairs officer at IRS-CI, told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that the unit is hoping to hire between 300 and 350 special agents this year.
In the mid-1990s, the unit had around 3,500 special agents and Cutrell said they lose between 150 and 175 agents each year due to retirement and attrition.
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What kind of boots do they wear?
Surprise! The founding fathers were right when they included the 2nd amendment into the Bill of Rights.
The law abiding Americans obey the tax laws. We also are armed, so be careful threatening us. The ones who don’t obey the laws are the power elites, the politicians and the uber wealthy. They also craft laws to give them the advantage in tax law. The politicians help the wealthy and the wealthy fund their political campaigns.
The People I know already have a fear of God. It’s those Feddie bassturds who need to go to church.
That works both ways.
Since they hate the idea of God and Natural Rights, what they’re really saying is, ‘fear of government agents’. Totalitarian impulse much?
“We are also armed”
Don’t count on it. You’d need an army-they got one. Just make sure those 87,000 new agents never start their new jobs. Then go to work downsizing the IRS thru a simplified tax code.
Jack...
Notice how the bidenites are hell-bent on disarming the productive, non-violent citizens while they arm the violent, criminal underclass and the eager fascists in the irs?
Bump
The way this is going, everybody in the country will either be an armed agent or under investigation by an armed agent.
Oops. That’s wrong. The wealthy and powerful will be left alone. So if you’re wealthy and powerful, no worries. You can continue with your shady schemes just as before.
Which is only effective if we USE it from time to time. Tree of liberty and all that.
An empty threat is as bad as no deterrent at all.
One caveat: The wealthy and powerful Leftists will be left alone. I think they’ll happily go after anyone considered right of center.
The Roman Empire crucified people
Let’s bring crucifixion back!
Loads of entertainment and it will “nail” the tax cheats too
So they want guns for themselves, just not for anyyone else...
Got it.
My understanding is the main danger these idiots present would be when they draw their weapons they might catch their fat guts and shoot themselves.
That said, probably good at shooting family dogs.
Beautiful leather John Patricks. Why?
‘”to put the fear of God in people” and intimidate Americans into tax compliance.’
“to put the fear of Government in people” and intimidate Americans into tax compliance.
There, fixed it
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