WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Sixty-one percent of Internal Revenue Service employees who violated tax laws were penalized but kept their jobs with the agency, a watchdog organization said.
The report, released April 14 by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), found that between fiscal years 2004 and 2013, 1,580 IRS employees broke tax laws. Of those, 960 were penalized with suspensions, reprimands or counseling, but didn't lose their jobs. The other 620 employees did.