Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen During a Press Call on IRS Filing Season 2024

As Prepared for Delivery Good morning. For decades, the Internal Revenue Service had been underfunded, leading to poor service that caused challenges and frustrations for taxpayers. But since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and its historic investment in the IRS, it’s made tremendous progress toward becoming a world-class tax agency. Americans interact more with the IRS than with any other federal agency. Meeting your tax obligations each year and claiming the credits and deductions for which you’re eligible should be as easy as possible. The IRS is significantly improving customer service. It’s modernizing its technology. And it’s strengthening enforcement against high-income individuals and large corporations who have avoided paying their full tax bills, leading to increased fairness in the tax system and reducing the deficit.