About $1.1 million was paid to more than 1,100 employees over a two-year period, according to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
A total of 2,800 employees who were disciplined for all types of misconduct collectively received $2.8 million in bonuses, extra paid time off or raises between October 2010 and December 2012, the inspector general found.
How did it happen that employees whose job is to collect taxes from other Americans didn’t pay their share of taxes and were rewarded in the process? Simple: the IRS doesn’t take into account if a worker has paid his or her taxes, or whether they have gotten into trouble, when administering bonuses and other awards.