The US Internal Revenue Service is known to punish taxpayers who are delinquent paying their taxes. That is, unless you are an IRS employee.
An audit revealed that the agency showered bonuses and paid time-off on employees who had been recently disciplined or had tax problems themselves.
Rewarding tax cheats
Nearly $1 million in bonuses was given to IRS employees who were themselves in tax trouble with the IRS. The tax issues included willful understatement of tax liabilities, late payments and under-reporting of income, according to the report issued by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Current federal regulations do not require the IRS to consider tax compliance of IRS employees when issuing...
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