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To the Editor:

Re “I.R.S. Fires 6,700 Employees Amid Busy Tax Filing Season” (news article, Feb. 21) and “Gutting the I.R.S. Is Fiscally Irresponsible,” by seven former I.R.S. commissioners (Opinion guest essay, Feb. 24):

I was glad to see this group of former I.R.S. commissioners, appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents alike, condemn the firing of thousands of the agency’s employees in the midst of tax season, when nearly 200 million taxpayers will be filing their returns. But calling it a “huge mistake” is an understatement. It is madness.

Every bureaucracy of 100,000 people can always be made more efficient. The I.R.S., under the able direction of one of the authors, the recently departed commissioner,66br cassino Daniel Werfel, has already made major strides in this direction.

Utilizing funds made available in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the agency is in the process of updating its antiquated legacy computer systems and creating a modern information technology environment. Artificial intelligence technologies are being introduced. Taxpayers are noticing substantially improved levels of customer service. But all of this progress will grind to a halt if Elon Musk and his enforcers continue with their plan to eliminate thousands of valuable employees.

Most important, cutting the I.R.S. budget will damage the area with the most potential for revenue: tax enforcement. I.R.S. studies have carefully documented that about $700 billion per year (and growing) is being lost through tax evasion, largely by upper-income taxpayers. Over the next 10 years this “tax gap” will amount to $7 trillion to $8 trillion in lost revenue.

Another of the essay’s authors, the former commissioner Charles Rossotti, has done groundbreaking work in analyzing this tax gap and has testified before Congress on the steps that can and must be taken to begin shrinking this shocking loss of revenue.

A continuing investment in technology, including artificial intelligence, will help make this possible. Indiscriminate firing of thousands of I.R.S. employees will do the opposite.

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