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Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all. This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role. In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply. The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations. The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share. read more
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PARTICIPANTS
81
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804
Updated on: January 9, 2026

IRS Company Culture

IRS Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
3.0/5
IRS' Overall Culture is rated C-

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Perks & Benefits
A
Office Culture
A-
Compensation
B
Manager
B-
Environment
C+

IRS CEO

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John Koskinen IRS' CEO
John Koskinen
63 /100
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A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
IRS employees generally work 8.9 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at IRS report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
68% of IRS employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
IRS employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
Feedback
A Day in the Life
58% of IRS employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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What are your coworkers at IRS like?

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  • Very serious about making sure the rules and regulations are being followed

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How's the leadership on the Admin team at IRS?

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  • Leadership is great dependingon how you utilize it. If you show an interest in being a leader, kearning, and moving forward within the...

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How's the work life balance at IRS?

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  • 40 hrs a week. Pretty good.

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Does IRS have any remote positions?

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  • Some folks can telework depending on the position.

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How does IRS make decisions around promotions?

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  • Depends on the position, but many positions have a career track. Revenue agents have a 5/7/9/11 career track (corresponds to...

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How's the vacation policy at IRS?

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  • You get 4 hours annual leave per pay period your first 3 years, 6 hours in years 4-15, and 8 hours per pay period after that. Also get 4...

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at IRS

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IRS currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at IRS

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eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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-5
eNPS Score
39%Promoters
17%Passives
44%Detractors
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Mission, Vision, & Values

Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all. This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role. In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply. The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations. The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share.

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IRS Culture At a Glance

81 employees at IRS have reviewed IRS across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 15 days ago.

Overall, the 81 IRS employees give their leadership a grade of C, or Bottom 45% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at IRS are generally satisfied with their total compensation at IRS, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at IRS are not very pleased with their team. 81 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Half of them believe the meetings at IRS are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at IRS believe the environment at IRS is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at IRS is comfortably fast. About 66% of the employees at IRS work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at IRS are dissatisfied, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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IRS vs Competitors

  1. 1st
    IAS
    76 / 100
  2. 2nd
    H&R Block
    66 / 100
  3. 3rd
    Ips
    64 / 100
  4. 4th
    IRS
    63 / 100
  5. 5th
    Social Security Administration
    57 / 100
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