> If we hire 10k novice IRS agents, I imagine their annual cost will be quite low for the the first years and/or decades. however, At some point it will go negative.
We can extrapolate their cost though. Payment rosters and pension contributions for government jobs are public, which means you can do a worst-case estimate and go with the cost basis of the highest-paid position that they can reasonably achieve in their career.
Additionally, a lot of them are replacements for people who will go into retirement or quit, so as people get promoted, other people leave, freeing up their salary budget for the new promotee. (Pension budgets are a different beast because they obviously depend on how long the person lives)
I absolutely believe it can be done no question. I was just wondering if the number is actually reflect that. The cynic and me suspects that depends on whose numbers and which side of the opinion they are on.
That said, I think for the most part this is a political issue because of the taxpayers. Many if not most people find taxes stressful and don't want more Auditors looking into theirs.
You can say that they will only audit corporations or high value returns, but the little guys will always worry that it frees up more resources to go after them
We can extrapolate their cost though. Payment rosters and pension contributions for government jobs are public, which means you can do a worst-case estimate and go with the cost basis of the highest-paid position that they can reasonably achieve in their career.
Additionally, a lot of them are replacements for people who will go into retirement or quit, so as people get promoted, other people leave, freeing up their salary budget for the new promotee. (Pension budgets are a different beast because they obviously depend on how long the person lives)