Notably, Gary Shapley, the whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes and served just two days as IRS Commissioner last year, was named deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation division. Guy Ficco, the head of Criminal Investigation, is set to retire and will be replaced by Jarod Koopman, who will also serve as chief tax compliance officer alongside Bisignano.
The June National Taxpayer Advocate report to Congress warned that the 2026 season could be rocky after a series of mass layoffs last year brought on by the Department of Government Efficiency.
“With the IRS workforce reduced by 26% and significant tax law changes on the horizon, there are risks to next year’s filing season,” said Erin M. Collins, who leads the organization assigned to protect taxpayers’ rights.
I just had a really sour thought. If you do a tax revolt this year and don’t pay because you don’t like imperialism toward allies and domestic concentration camps, your biggest risk of getting caught is probably the chance of Democrats getting the government back in three years and auditing you to fund imperialism toward non-allies and foreign soil concentration camps.
Is all this evil really worth our quality of life?
