On April 19, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the formation of the Office of Promoter Investigations (OPI) (IR-2021-88) to increase the focus of the IRS on the promoters of abusive tax avoidance transactions, including abusive syndicated conservation easements. The new OPI will coordinate the efforts of various business divisions, including Large Business & International, Tax Exempt/Government Entities, the Office of Fraud Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations, with a focus specifically on promoters of abusive transactions and the schemes utilized by those promoters. The OPI will channel its resources to increase detection and deterrence of promoters throughout the IRS. The acting director of the new OPI is Lois Deitrich, a 20-year veteran of the IRS who earned her master’s degree in tax from the University of Denver and is a both a CPA and a certified fraud examiner.