DOGE attack on IRS data

Republicans force reduced IRS funding so they can protect rich people and tax cheaters

IRS funding is working. IRS is recovering more money than they are spending. Republicans are not serious about saving government money since they won’t support IRS funding.

As former IRS commissioner John Koskinen has said: “Underfunding the agency is just a tax cut for tax cheats.” People who actually care about the deficit, much less a government that provides valuable services and protections for regular people, would never do this.
— Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T16:39:41.146Z

An IRS once again cut to the bone won’t have the resources to chase after the billions in taxes owed by the nation’s economic elite. That is the point, and everyone should care.
— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T20:00:28.087Z

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AP: The IRS announced Thursday that it has collected $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth tax cheats — a milestone meant to showcase how the agency is making use of the money it received as part of the Biden administration’s signature law in 2022https://t.co/gkBs5SIiNn
— Kristen Orthman (@KristenOrthman) July 11, 2024

Report: IRS audit division goes soft on the wealthy. Watch the full video here: https://t.co/JGTkEkN7RB pic.twitter.com/FSnu1MCJb8
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 12, 2024

IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding https://t.co/aZ90KKkW2R
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 7, 2024

Rescinding this money has been the single biggest legislative priority of House Rs this Congress.

It was the first bill they introduced, they tried again in Limit, Save, Grow, and then they demanded it in the budget deal as a condition for not forcing the government to default. https://t.co/ASrvQSHdZm
— Bobby Kogan (@BBKogan) February 7, 2024

GOP scare tactics about IRS funding

The IRS has fallen on hard times because of the Republican unwillingness to fund it. Then the public complains about bad service which just plays into the GOP narrative.

The new funding plan passed entirely by Democrats has come under attack with massive lies and scare tactics by Republicans.

My colleague @MariannaReports has a good report about how the GOP falsehood of "87,000 armed IRS agents" in Biden's bill is gaining traction despite it being totally wrong. …. https://t.co/WRkSqdMmYg
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 18, 2022

You are being lied to. There's no army of 87,000 new IRS agents. It's made up.

The GOP hollowed out the IRS & slashed its budgets. Rich tax cheats run wild, meanwhile you can't even get someone from the IRS on the phone.

We are restoring the agency so it actually works for you.
— Rep. Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly) August 10, 2022

"What if I told you the IRS.. the tax guys.. are coming to hunt you down? To shoot you & maybe even kill you?"

Tonight on the @MehdiHasanShow on @MSNBC I did a deep-dive debunking of the GOP's latest boogeyman: '87,000 armed IRS agents coming to get YOU!'pic.twitter.com/vNPADgGAa7
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 22, 2022

Gee, you'd think the leaders of these red states that get more back from the federal government than they pay in taxes—hello Iowa!—would be all for more IRS agents:) In fact, the focus is on high net-worth individuals who aren't paying enough in taxes. https://t.co/nXj5M0lQRM
— Richard Stengel (@stengel) August 20, 2022

The IRS does not plan to use the nearly $80 billion it's set to receive in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to hire 87,000 new agents in order to target middle class Americans, a Treasury Department official told @ABC News and documents verify. https://t.co/xeAndw3GzC
— ABC News (@ABC) August 20, 2022

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) publishes an open letter pushing Americans not to apply for new IRS jobs, warning that Republicans hope to take control of Congress and "immediately" eliminate the positions. https://t.co/g6StCWhlYX
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 16, 2022

The so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” soon to be signed by President Joe Biden includes funds for a government-operated electronic free-file tax return system, something lawmakers and advocates have been seeking for years. https://t.co/tzyk0yCVjw
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 13, 2022

The IRS is set to get billions for audit enforcement. Here's what it means for taxpayers https://t.co/dxQbOeegd8
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 11, 2022

.@CNN: “Yellen directs IRS not to use new funding to increase chances of audits of Americans making less than $400,000” https://t.co/DfBnypfmhH
— Andrew Bates Archived (@AndrewJBates46) August 11, 2022

There are not 87,000 new IRS agents. This thing that Republicans are saying they will repeal as their first order of business in the majority does not exist. https://t.co/q3Qd1mlIt4 https://t.co/agSxHyfloP
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) November 23, 2022