IRS ends surprise visits - Twitter becomes "X" - Israel passes judicial reform

Source: Internal Revenue Service

1. Summary
   The IRS announced Monday that it will end its longstanding policy of making unannounced home and business visits, "except in a few unique circumstances." The IRS currently makes tens of thousands of surprise visits a year. The agency says that it only made such visits after notifying taxpayers of unpaid taxes or unfiled returns. The agents involved in the visits are revenue officers, who are not armed.
   
   The change is intended to keep IRS agents safer. The agency has received more threats in recent years amid speculation that new funding for the IRS to better enforce tax collection would result in middle-income taxpayers being harassed. The shift is also intended to curb the rise of scams involving impersonations of revenue officers.
   
   The agency faced scrutiny from congressional Republicans earlier this year after Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi received an unannounced IRS visit on the same day he was set to testify before Congress. Taibbi did not owe any taxes and said he had not received a notice before the visit.

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