It’s being claimed by some that an online job ad shows that all new employees that the IRS intends to hire after a funding boost in the Inflation Reduction Act will be required to carry a firearm and use deadly force if necessary.
Here’s the truth: The job description does not apply to most potential new employees that the IRS will hire in the coming years, and the vast majority of IRS workers are not armed.
A legitimate job ad for special agents within the small law-enforcement division of the IRS that works on criminal investigations was misrepresented online following the passage this month of a $740 billion economic package that includes nearly $80 billion for the IRS.
Many posts in recent days shared a screenshot that features the IRS logo and the text, “Major Duties.”
The listed duties on the image include being able to “carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.” Social-media users claimed that the image was a job ad for thousands of new IRS employees that will be hired as a result of the bill.
“The IRS is looking to fill 87,000 positions,” one Facebook user who shared the image...
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