Comments on: Tax enforcement results can't be used as a production quota for IRS agents http://hodgen.com/tax-enforcement-results-cant-be-used-as-a-production-quota-for-irs-agents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tax-enforcement-results-cant-be-used-as-a-production-quota-for-irs-agents International Tax Law Mon, 21 May 2012 17:24:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jonathan Dole http://hodgen.com/tax-enforcement-results-cant-be-used-as-a-production-quota-for-irs-agents/#comment-74 Jonathan Dole Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:28:36 +0000 http://www.hodgen.com/?p=1822#comment-74 Excellent article, clarifies some of the issues that I have been inquiring about concerning how 'motivated' IRS agents are to collect taxes and get convictions. Although this article sets the precidence for how IRS agents apply and enforce tax law during an audit, it does little to take out the 'human' aspect of the equation. Everyone knows that it is the person who gets 'results' that will be most likely looked at for promotions, raises, etc. To think that this is not the case is simply ridiculous. It is the same everywhere, and anyone with the motivation to improve his/her position within an employment situation is going to gear their behavior towards getting 'results'. And, any supervisor who is going to promote a subordinate to a higher position within the establishment, will do the same. Excellent article, clarifies some of the issues that I have been inquiring about concerning how ‘motivated’ IRS agents are to collect taxes and get convictions. Although this article sets the precidence for how IRS agents apply and enforce tax law during an audit, it does little to take out the ‘human’ aspect of the equation. Everyone knows that it is the person who gets ‘results’ that will be most likely looked at for promotions, raises, etc. To think that this is not the case is simply ridiculous. It is the same everywhere, and anyone with the motivation to improve his/her position within an employment situation is going to gear their behavior towards getting ‘results’. And, any supervisor who is going to promote a subordinate to a higher position within the establishment, will do the same.

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