Valerie Makarewicz Quoted in Reuters’ Checkpoint News: “DOJ Criminal Tax Section Moves Again”
Valerie Makarewicz was quoted in a Checkpoint News by Thomson Reuters’ article titled “DOJ Criminal Tax Section Moves Again.” The article discusses the recent Department of Justice announcement stating that the Criminal Division’s Tax Section will now fall under the newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division.
The move comes months after the DOJ Tax Division was disbanded, with civil tax functions moved to the DOJ’s Civil Division and criminal tax functions moved to the DOJ’s Criminal Division. Makarewicz noted that “with the amount of institutional knowledge that has left the department, its goal-focusing is so different” than in prior administrations.
Also impacting tax enforcement is the diversion of IRS investigators over the last year. “You’re utilizing folks in a way that is not their strongest,” said Makarewicz of the reassignments. “It underutilizes folks in a way that is detrimental,” she added.
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