Lawmakers demand IRS explain how it found $$ for hundreds of new agents

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The supposedly cash-strapped IRS is facing tough questions from Congress after claiming it just found the money to hire hundreds more enforcement employees.

 

Commissioner John Koskinen -- who previously has cited budget woes to explain the agency's shaky customer service and other issues -- recently announced they found the "resources" to hire between 600 and 700 new tax enforcement employees.

 

The agency says those extra "resources" resulted from high attrition rates and worker efficiency, but skeptical lawmakers are demanding answers.

 

“It was only weeks ago that they were saying they did not have the money [to hire more employees] and today they do have the money?” House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said.

 

In an interview with FoxNews.com, the Utah Republican said he will be sending a letter to the commissioner seeking a full accounting of how it was determined the agency now has this extra money for hiring.

 

“This is the worst-managed entity in all of government and this is [the] latest in a long list of examples of poor management. You cannot testify you can’t do something and then just go around hiring people,” said Chaffetz, a vocal critic of the commissioner who has led the effort to impeach him.

 

“It should be an easy question to answer, but you watch, it will take weeks, if ever, to get an answer,” he added.

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Well, IRS? We're waiting...