On March 14, 2025, Bloomberg Law included insight from Former Counselor to the IRS Commissioner and Shareholder Tom Cullinan in their article discussing the pressure for the IRS to improve its older systems with increased technology.
“AI can help the IRS detect work better, but you still need people to do the work, unless we’re all going to somehow get comfortable with AI doing audits,” Cullinan said.
While explaining the importance of modernizing the IRS, he told Bloomberg Law that “a fully staffed IRS is still important to tackle tax scams proliferating through promoters on social media.” Cullinan continued, “With an undermanned, understaffed IRS, I’m not sure how you hope to deal with the amount of noncompliance.”
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