HB7972: Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act

What the bill says

To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit qualified data scientists to partner with tax law specialists and provide insights and identify emerging and complex issues in tax administration, ranging from data acquisition and quality through developing advanced analytics, statistics, and models to improve core tax administration activities in services and enforcement.

From the committee substitute text, September 8, 2026:

A BILL To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit qualified data scientists to partner with tax law specialists and provide insights and identify emerging and complex issues in tax administration, ranging from data acquisition and quality through developing advanced analytics, statistics, and models to improve core tax administration activities in services and enforcement. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act . SECTION 2. IRS Fellowship Program (a) Establishment Not later than September 30, 2026, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (hereinafter known as the Commissioner ), after consultation with the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (hereinafter known as the Chief Counsel ) and the Chief Data and Analytics Officer of the Internal Revenue Service (hereinafter known as the Chief Data Officer ), shall establish within the Internal Revenue Service a fellowship program (hereinafter known as the program ) to recruit qualified data scientists in the private sector to join the Internal Revenue Service to create and participate in the task force established under subsection (e). (b) Objective The Commissioner, after consultation with the Chief Counsel and Chief Data Officer, shall design the program in a manner such that the program-- (1) addresses such tax cases handled by the Internal Revenue …