YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyWorkers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityLittle would change for most people — the IRS would hire data experts to help pick which returns get audited.
Your Money
A new IRS team would build and test data models that help decide which tax returns to examine. The bill tells the team to focus on the most complex cases and on new kinds of tax issues.
The team would use data matching and pattern spotting to find money kept in foreign accounts. The bill points this work at offshore tax evasion. It also names a law on reporting foreign accounts.
Workers & Jobs
The IRS would bring in data scientists from private companies for 2-, 3-, or 4-year terms. It must keep at least 10 in the program, and no fewer than 5 while it fills open spots.
Fellows would earn at least the lowest pay for a GS-15 job, the top grade on the main federal pay scale. Their pay could not go above $400,000 a year.
When a fellow's term ends, the Commissioner may offer that person a permanent IRS job. Fellows may also ask for one-year extensions, with no limit on how many.
Transparency & Accountability
One year after the first fellow starts, the IRS must report to Congress. It must do so every year after that. The report must cover what the program cost, what it brought in, how many people applied, and any changes the IRS wants.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in daily life. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would set up a fellowship program by September 30, 2026. It would bring in data scientists from private companies. At least 10 of these fellows would join a task force with IRS tax lawyers and auditors. The task force would build data tools to help pick which tax returns to audit. It would also work on money hidden in offshore accounts. Over time, data could play a bigger part in who gets a closer look. Fellows would serve two to four years. The IRS could then hire them for good. Their pay would start at the top rung of the main federal pay scale (GS-15). Each year, the IRS would tell Congress what the program cost and what it brought in.
Congressional Summary
Taxpayer Workforce Modernization ActThis bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program to recruit qualified data scientists and a task force, which includes such fellows, to supportaudit case selection and effectiveness,efforts to address offshore tax evasion,use of artificial intelligence and data analytics in tax administration, andvarious training and educational efforts.The bill defines a qualified data scientist as a professional who has demonstrated skills applying advanced analytics, statistical modeling, or machine learning in complex regulatory, financial, or compliance environments while working alongside tax law specialists and other tax subject matter experts.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-18
- Date Added
- 2026-07-10
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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