Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Internal Revenue Service Processing Returns Instead Of Removing Innocent Taxpayers’ Income Every Season Act of 2022” or the “IRS PRIORITIES Act of 2022”.
Internal Revenue Service Processing Returns Instead Of Removing Innocent Taxpayers’ Income Every Season Act of 2022
A BILL
To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from hiring enforcement personnel until processing of certain individual tax returns is completed.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on hiring of enforcement personnel
In general— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) may not hire new enforcement personnel until all individual tax returns from tax year 2019 and 2020 are processed.
Enforcement personnel— For purposes of this section, the term “enforcement personnel” means employees of the Internal Revenue Service who are—
special agents in the criminal investigation division,
revenue officers, or
revenue agents.