Surprise! Some good news from the IRS

The “returns” are in from the 2023 tax season, and everyone’s least favorite federal agency has made actual progress. Using funds from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Internal Revenue Service has improved its famously miserable customer service, upgraded some of its antiquated technology and breathed a little life into its moribund efforts to snare wealthy tax cheats. The agency responsible for collecting federal taxes still has a long way to go, but the signs are promising — at least for those of us who believe in enforcing the law. Given that as much as $1 trillion a year in tax rev...