Pres. Biden's pick to head the Internal Revenue Service appeared to quell some GOP criticism at his confirmation hearing by promising to restore trust in the troubled agency.
will be used mostly for improving taxpayer services and modernizing antiquated, paper-based IRS operations.
"My understanding is the focus is to hire people with understanding and capacity and talent to unpack very complicated, intricate returns, which is a capacity gap that exists today," he said. The IRS is required to submit a plan, which Werfel has not been involved in writing, to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen by Friday on how it plans to spend the funds.
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