The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on February 19, 2020 that it will step up efforts to visit high-income taxpayers who in prior years have failed to timely file one or more of their tax returns. See IR-2020-34

Following the recent and ongoing hiring of additional enforcement personnel, IRS revenue officers across the country will increase face-to-face visits with high-income taxpayers who haven’t filed tax returns in 2018 or previous years.

“The IRS is committed to fairness in the tax system, and we want to remind people across all income categories that they need to file their taxes,” said Paul Mamo, Director of Collection Operations, Small Business/Self Employed Division.

“These visits focusing on high-income taxpayers will be taking place across the country. We want to ensure taxpayers know their options to get right with their taxes and avoid bigger issues later.”

For the new visits taking place, high-income non-filers taxpayers are those who generally received income in excess of $100,000 during a tax year and did not file a tax return with the IRS. According to Service spokespersons, IRS revenue officers will share information and work with the taxpayer to hopefully resolve the tax issue.

Revenue officers are IRS civil enforcement employees who conduct interviews to gather financial information with the ultimate goal of collecting revenue for the federal government. Frequently they will take the enforcement actions to collect tax debts, including federal tax liens, wage garnishments and bank account levies.  

Never forget, the word “Revenue” comes before the word “Service” in the IRS name. If the IRS comes to visit with you, anything you say can and will be used against you.

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