Thousands of IRS employees offer to go back to work after agency offers incentive pay amid backlog
By John Bowden - 04/27/20 08:23 PM EDT
Thousands of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees have reportedly volunteered to go back to work as the agency struggles amid the pandemic to overcome a backlog of tax filings and coronavirus stimulus payments.
CNN reported Monday that a number of employees ranging in the thousands would return to work at 10 different locations across the country as the IRS works to get through tax season as well as the relief payments passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump.
Those working amid the backlog will reportedly receive a 10 percent pay raise, while some workers in areas deemed to be higher risks for coronavirus transmission, such as the mailroom, would receive up to 25 percent raises.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494947-thousands-of-irs-employees-offer-to-go-back-to-work-after-agency
