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Jorge Castro Comments on IRS $80 Billion Spending Plan in Bloomberg Tax, Politico, and Tax Notes

Bloomberg Tax

Jorge Castro, former Counselor to the IRS Commissioner and a former Congressional tax counsel, was quoted in various news outlets regarding the IRS's newly released strategic plan outlining how the agency will spend its $80 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act. The plan includes detailed objectives for enhancing customer service, operations support and business systems, and enforcement. Castro told Tax Notes that "[i]t's about as comprehensive a plan as I've ever seen, all in one document." He noted the wide-ranging plan and its objectives are achievable for the IRS, as long as lawmakers ensure the extra funding remains intact. Castro said that the plan's many proposed improvements to the taxpayer experience represent an enormous shift for the agency. He commented in Politico that "[the plan] was also very realistic in that it gives us a really good timeline for each objective." Castro highlighted to Bloomberg Tax that the fact that the plan leads with customer service speaks to the political sensitivities of the IRS funding.