Better than Public Accounting - Internal Revenue Agent IRS Employee Review

5.0
30 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work-life balance, manage your own inventory and can work relatively independently, benefits, flexibility in scheduling leave, never have to work more than 40 hours. Luckily, I've had a good experience with managers.

Cons

If you value your autonomy and peace of mind, I can recommend working here if you are hired with the Large Business and International (LB&I) or Tax Exempt/Government Entities (TEGE) divisions. I personally wouldn't recommend working here if you are assigned to the Small Business/Self-Employed (SBSE) division because it seems like they treat you more like a number there; however, some of my colleagues did say they valued the experience they gained in SBSE before transitioning to TEGE or LB&I.

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5.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

-variety in industries worked, -Great work to life balance

Cons

-Administration can change entire job structure overnight.

3.0
26 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Got me started in my career as an auditor -thorough tax law training -many senior auditors helping you learn the profession

Cons

-communication from management is not always transparent -when you are at the bottom of the ladder, you get verbal abuse from not only POA and taxpayers (understandable, given this is the IRS), but also management/OJI's. They want to look good to their bosses and will throw you under the bus if they have to in order to save themselves. Even if they gave you instructions that got you in trouble. They SHOULD be supporting you in your function as an auditor, but they'll do whatever is easiest for themselves ultimately. -on job training can be disorganized -bureaucratic culture -like many other companies, a lot of things you're expected to learn by yourself. Such as how to avoid POA delays.

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