DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline

Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by woodruffw on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:00PM (#33870174)

Is the IRS well known as a barely functioning behemoth? There's no shortage of animus towards them, but it's generally seemed closer to "I don't like the agency that takes my money" than "this agency is incompetent."

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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by rwbt on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:08PM (#33870287)

They're seriously understaffed. Forget about the partisan politics for the reasons behind it but a terrible side effect of this lack of resources is that they only go after the low hanging fruits to audit. Like Joey Banana who forgot to report a few hundred dollars of income will get audited but complicated tax evasion schemes go unaudited.

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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by woodruffw on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:14PM (#33870381)

I agree with that, thank you for clarifying!

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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by ohgodplsno on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:03PM (#33870217)

Behemoth ? yes.

Impractical for US citizens ? yes.

Barely functioning ? The IRS will find you halfway across the world for an unpaid $20.

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Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline by jeltz on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:08PM (#33870291)

Isn't a lot of the reason that they are impractical that there are powerful organizations lobbying for taxes to be painful and complicated to pay. E.g. Turbotax and the Americans for Tax Reform

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