Speaking at field office in Maryland, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calls for modernized IRS

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaking Thursday at the IRS New Carrollton Federal Building, laid out her vision for a modernized, responsive, tech-savvy tax collection agency equipped to manage 21st century challenges. Yellen said the agency plans to hire 5,000 new customer service representatives to vastly improve taxpayer service before the next filing season, using part of the money from a recent $80 billion infusion of funds from the so-called Inflation Reduction Act.