To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In his April 28, 2021 address, President Biden asked Congress to provide $80 billion of extra funding for the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) over the next decade. 1 While the timing and amount of any additional funding are uncertain, there appears to be general agreement that increased funding of IRS enforcement efforts is critical to reverse the steady decline of audits, criminal investigations and prosecutions over the last decade. 2 The IRS is not waiting for additional funds to ramp up its fraud and criminal enforcement activities, however, having recently established new units focused on these efforts.