Tax scofflaws often kept IRS jobs, watchdog finds

CNN: Washington (CNN)More than half of Internal Revenue Service employees who willfully broke tax laws over the past decade weren't fired because the agency's commissioners saved their jobs, according to a new report by an independent IRS watchdog.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that between fiscal years 2004 and 2013, almost 1,600 IRS employees had willfully violated tax law. During that time, 61 percent of the agency's tax scofflaws, some 960 employees, were handed lesser penalties such as suspensions, reprimands or counselling, the report said.

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