{
  "id": 5159187,
  "title": "The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/the-irs-slashed-its-staff-one-result-more-taxes-going-uncollected",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T19:56:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5954022/irs-tax-collection-job-reductions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}