For the third time in 21 years, the Internal Revenue Service is going to resort to private debt-collectors to pursue billions in back taxes, even though the earlier efforts were judged failures that were not cost-effective.
Last month the IRS green-lighted four private-sector collectors to start going after tax deadbeats. The collection agencies work on a commission basis and pocket 25 percent of whatever they collect. Congress had signed off on the strategy back in 2015.
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