Tax Crackdown Coming?

The IRS is sending letters to federal agencies describing the percentages of their employees who are delinquent in paying federal taxes, after compiling a report showing that federal employees owe nearly $2.5 billion. Among agencies with the highest delinquency rates are Education, 9.3 percent, Housing and Urban Development, 8.6 percent and Labor, 7.7 percent. Overall, a lower percentage of federal employees is delinquent than is the general population, 5.3 to 8.1 percent, but the IRS prodding likely will have repercussions in many agencies.