A group of Republicans on the House’s taxwriting committee are pushing for an examination of how artificial intelligence can be used by the IRS for enforcement purposes.
Ways and Means Vice Chair Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Oversight Subcommittee Chair David Schweikert (R-AZ) introduced the DETECT Act (H.R. 4974) this month, which calls on the Government Accountability Office to study AI-assisted tax fraud detection. Noting that “[t]he IRS identified over $9.1 billion in fraud from tax and financial crimes in Fiscal Year 2024 alone,” Buchanan said he hopes the agency can “harness” AI to “strengthen fraud detection.”
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