IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said that with a boost in federal funding and the help of artificial intelligence tools, the agency has new means of targeting wealthy people who have “cut corners” on their taxes.

“If you pay your taxes on time it should be particularly frustrating when you see that wealthy filers are not,” Werfel told reporters in a call previewing the announcement. He said 1,600 millionaires who owe at least $250,000 each in back taxes and 75 large business partnerships that have assets of roughly $10 billion on average are targeted for the new “compliance efforts.”

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    10 months ago

    Can’t wait for people in red states making <$50k to be really mad about this for some reason

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      10 months ago

      For some reason? They’re just looking out for their future self. Any day now they too will be millionaires. Any day…

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      10 months ago

      It’s just millionaires they are going after. If you get upset about this, clearly you don’t think you have what it takes to become a billionaire.