The IRS is hiring armed special agents prepared to use “deadly force” if needed and is paying up to $95,000

The IRS is hiring armed special agents prepared to use “deadly force” if needed and is paying up to $95,000.

These agents must work at least 50 hours weekly and be on-call 24/7 – even during vacations

The Internal Revenue Service is hiring special agents who shouldn’t be afraid of using “deadly force.”

Criminal Investigation, the law enforcement branch of the IRS, is looking for agents across the US who can combine “accounting skills with law enforcement skills to investigate financial crimes,” according to a job posting on its website.

“Special Agents are duly sworn law enforcement officers who are trained to ‘follow the money.'”

These agents investigate financial crimes, money laundering, tax-related identity theft, and terrorist financing efforts. They are the only IRS workers who are permitted to carry and use firearms. 

The decision says that when the IRS asked for proof of the writeoffs, Quinn offered receipts that were “inconsistent and unreliable,” adding that representatives from seven different charitable groups credibly testified that her receipts were altered or fabricated. In addition, the opinion says her husband Michael Quinn didn’t recall making any of the contributions.

Tax Court Judge Diane Kroupa also accepted the IRS’s argument that documentation for the medical bills was “doctored” and unreliable, and that Quinn took unwarranted dependent exemptions for her mother and the couple’s two grown sons.

The judge expressed surprise at Quinn’s lapses: “It is incredible that a tax compliance officer would be able to substantiate only $185 of charitable contributions” yet claim deductions of $48,116. She also found “incredible” Quinn’s assertion that she was “unaware” of requirements for substantiating deductions.

The civil fraud penalty in this case may not be the end of the matter. A 1998 law mandates the firing of any IRS employee who willfully understates his federal tax liability. Her husband may also have grounds to claim an “innocent spouse” defense against having to pay any of the tax due.