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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by giantg2 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:36PM (#40803060)
Is increasing the enforcement arm going to help with these questions?

Also, they are increasing the inforcement arm substantially, to the point it should be above the 2010 levels.

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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by ryandrake on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:01PM (#40804018)
My understanding is part of the problem is that they have not been well-funded enough to even think about going after the top earners, who can easily afford to outnumber them with lawyers and CPAs. So, they give the people at the very top a pass because even if they are tax-dodgers, it's too expensive to prove it. Which leaves them going after middle class people who exaggerated their charitable deduction a little or hid a $100 eBay sale. They're easy marks and won't be able to resist with an army lawyers.
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by giantg2 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @05:41PM (#40804920)
The reason they don't go after the top is because the top use expert tax lawyers to file. Anything they do that is shady is ambiguous in the law and thus had a theoretical basis. The IRS isn't taking on those people because if they lose in court, they lose the people who were paying extra by not exploiting the loophole in good faith.

Also, they say they are focusing on entities making over $400k/yr. I'm sure there are exceptions and trust issues on that statement. We'll see.

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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by cchance on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:39PM (#40803100)
I'm sure cutting 20 BILLION in funding from them in the IRA isn't going to fuck over any of their internal processes or hiring
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by lostdog on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:52PM (#40803234)
The IRA started out adding $80b to IRS funding, and Republicans negotiated it down to $60b.
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by throwaway48476 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:46PM (#40804420)
As I recall the Republicans tried to add an ammendment that the $60b would only be used to target >$400k income but the democrats rejected it.
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by lostdog on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @10:58PM (#40806783)
Is there a source, or is this made up?
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by azemetre on Thursday June 27, 2024 @02:58PM (#40813818)
A good rule of thumb is that if they didn’t include a source there likely isn’t one.
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by throwaway48476 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @04:22PM (#40814670)
https://thehill.com/policy/3594879-gop-rails-against-irs-fun...

No need to be so cynical.

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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by throwaway48476 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @04:23PM (#40814675)
https://thehill.com/policy/3594879-gop-rails-against-irs-fun...

>During the extended voting session of the Senate that lasted well into Sunday, Crapo unsuccessfully filed an amendment to the bill to explicitly prevent the IRS from using the additional enforcement funding on taxpayers who earn less than $400,000 per year.

>While the amendment was shot down by Democrats in the Senate,

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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by Facemelters on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:58PM (#40803303)
how do you know this number but not understand the IRA increased IRS funding
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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by psunavy03 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @03:31PM (#40803672)
Certain political cultists are desperate to have their priors confirmed, while simultaneously believing that the only people desperate to have their priors confirmed are members of the opposing political cult.

(this is a bipartisan phenomenon, FWIW)

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