The IRS to my knowledge never sends out individual agents like this and does its business by mail. I question if this really was an IRS agent and not just some fraudster. If the guy was an IRS agent he better have been fired. I fear that like the FBI, the IRS and ATF have become the new Stasi.
They send out field agents when they want to intimidate somebody. It seems like sometimes their internal systems get mixed up and they send one of that kind of agent out to the wrong place.
the taxpayer on May 4 spoke with Mr. Haus’s supervisor, who clarified that she owed nothing and said…that “things never should have gotten this far...” the following day, the taxpayer received a letter—addressed to the decedent—stating that the decedent was delinquent on several 1040 filings… The taxpayer was again told by the supervisor that nothing was owed and was notified on May 30 that the case was closed…
It seems like the IRS admitted he was a real agent. They even talked to his supervisor.