20 IRS Revenue Officers Just Landed
On July 21 the IRS wrote to police in Millersville Borough, East Cocalico Township, and Lititz Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Twenty revenue officers would be working the area the weeks of August 10 and August 17. The letters went to police because officers travel in from other states, drive out-of-state cars, and get called in as suspicious. IRS media relations confirmed the letter was real and declined to say what the visits were about.
Most of those appointments were set ahead of time. Since July 2023, revenue officers generally mail Letter 725-B to schedule a meeting instead of knocking cold. The letter to police still reserved the right to make unannounced contact with taxpayers and third parties.
Per a former revenue officer, this kind of blanketing sweep is something the IRS hasn’t done in decades: canvassing a whole area, especially business taxpayers, for statistical compliance data rather than a targeted enforcement wave. IRS computers can’t produce that data on their own, so the agency samples real taxpayers directly on return filing, federal tax deposits, and worker misclassification. He called it long overdue, since better data lets revenue officers spend less time on compliant taxpayers and more on those who owe and aren’t being collected.
Is Los Angeles next?
Nobody has announced anything, and I won’t imply otherwise. California already has permanent field collection offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Laguna Niguel. Revenue officers work California cases every week of the year.
Here is what did change. TIGTA reported roughly 30 percent of the IRS workforce separated between January 2025 and January 2026. The agency then began backfilling and had hired about 2,000 people by January, bringing the net loss to 28 percent. Field collection is being rebuilt, and where it gets pointed is a management decision. California holds more filers, more pass-throughs, and more cash-intensive small businesses than any other state. Construction, restaurants, real estate, entertainment, personal services. That is the field collection caseload.
What it means when a revenue officer has your file
Your case is out of the Automated Collection System. Most balances never travel that far. The ones that do usually involve unfiled returns, payroll tax debt, an open business filing requirement, a defaulted agreement, or equity worth chasing.
Revenue officers file liens, levy bank accounts and receivables, seize assets, block passports, and call your bank, your customers, and your employer.
If one shows up at your door
Ask for the pocket commission and the second government ID. Write down the name and the reason for the visit. Call local police if you can’t verify who you’re dealing with.
You don’t have to answer questions or produce records on the spot. IRC 7521(b)(2) gives you the right to a representative, and the interview stops when you ask for one.
Then move the same day
A Form 2848 routes contact through your representative and takes you out of the conversation. From there we order the transcripts, close the filing gaps, build the 433, and put a collection alternative in front of the officer before enforcement runs on its own schedule.
Installment agreement, partial-pay, currently not collectible, Offer in Compromise, lien subordination, levy release, depending on what the numbers support. The taxpayer who moves first picks the outcome.
Ace Plus Tax Resolution is a CPA-led firm in Los Angeles handling IRS, FTB, CDTFA, and EDD collection matters. If a revenue officer has contacted you, call before the second contact.