Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act
Sponsored By: Representative Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
Introduced
Summary
Boost IRS data-science capacity. This bill would create a fellowship and a joint IRS and Office of Chief Counsel task force to recruit private-sector data scientists and apply advanced analytics to complex tax cases and emerging issues.
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- Would recruit and retain qualified data scientists and tax experts. The program must include at least 10 fellows with 2, 3, or 4 year terms and a possible 1-year extension, and the Commissioner may convert fellows to permanent hires.
- Would train and mentor IRS staff, especially junior employees, in data analytics and the use and limits of models to improve everyday tax administration.
- Would develop and test data-driven audit selection methods, support transaction-level testing and quantitative modeling, and use anomaly detection and network analysis to address offshore tax evasion and FATCA issues.
- Would require annual reporting beginning within one year of the first fellowship that includes program analysis, a return on investment review that may cover predicted revenue effects and tax revenue or penalties tied to the task force, applicant counts, and recommendations.
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New IRS data science fellowship
This bill would require the IRS Commissioner to create a data-science fellowship by September 30, 2026. The program would start with at least 10 fellows and must keep at least 5 filled slots when vacancies occur. Fellows would serve 2-, 3-, or 4-year terms and could get one-year extensions with no limit on extensions. The Treasury Secretary would set fellow pay, but pay would not be less than the GS-15 minimum and not exceed the annual amount in 3 U.S.C. 102. The Commissioner would form a national and regional task force of fellows and staff to use data and AI for audit case selection, offshore and FATCA work, transaction-level analysis, employee training, and reviewing AI use. The Commissioner could permanently hire fellows at term end. Starting one year after the first award and annually after, the Commissioner would report to Congress on program effects, return on investment, applicant counts, and recommendations. The bill would define a "qualified data scientist" as someone with proven advanced analytics, statistical modeling, or machine learning experience in complex regulatory, financial, or compliance work alongside tax experts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
AZ • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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