IRS Rehires 213 Employees Ousted for Falsifying Documents, Avoiding Taxes, Other Offenses

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The Internal Revenue Service has reportedly rehired 213 employees who ducked taxes, falsified documents, were convicted of theft, or made unauthorized use of taxpayer data, according to an inspector general’s report.

The Daily Signal reports the Office of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which also first discovered the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups in 2013, examined the agency’s hiring for 15 months.

During that time John Koskinen, an appointee of President Obama, was in charge. The report found the IRS rehired 2,000 former employees with about 10 percent considered “problematic.”

Addressing the rehires, E. Faith Bell, the agency’s acting human capital officer said that she had commissioned a team to implement corrective actions.

Corrie O'Connor