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Federal Tax

Senate Appropriators Should Reject IRS Cuts That Would Further Weaken Customer Service and Compliance

June 9, 2026 | Josephine Cureton and Samantha Jacoby

Report

Federal Tax

Three Strikes Against Filers This Tax Season: IRS Cuts, No Direct File, Skewed Tax Code Changes

April 9, 2026 | Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Federal Tax

On Tax Day, Reject DOGE-Led Cuts to the IRS Workforce and Budget

April 10, 2025 | Josephine Cureton

Report

Federal Budget

House Republican Agendas and Project 2025 Would Increase Poverty and Hardship, Drive Up the Uninsured Rate, and Disinvest From People, Communities, and the Economy

September 3, 2024 | CBPP

Blog

Federal Tax

Tax Day Highlights IRS Progress and Need to Protect and Replenish Funding

April 10, 2024 | Kayla Williams

Statement

Federal Budget

Funding Agreement Preserves Reasonable Funding Levels; IRS Funding Rescissions Are Harmful

January 8, 2024 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Budget

Bipartisan Senate Action Passes Minimal Test for IRS Funding While Multiple House Republican Bills Fail

July 20, 2023 | Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Federal Budget

Roundup: Analyzing House Republicans’ Harmful Debt-Ceiling-and-Cuts Bill

May 9, 2023 | CBPP

Report

Federal Budget

McCarthy Bill Uses Debt Ceiling to Force Harmful Policies, Deep Cuts

April 24, 2023 | Sharon Parrott , Samantha Jacoby , Allison Orris , LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. , David Reich and Dottie Rosenbaum

Blog

Federal Tax

Ahead of Tax Day, Highlighting Progress and Next Steps for a Rebuilding IRS

April 12, 2023 | Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Federal Tax

House GOP’s First Bill: A Misleading Gambit to Protect Interests of Wealthy Tax Cheats

January 9, 2023 | Chuck Marr

Report

Federal Tax

Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted Revenue Base

December 16, 2022 | Chuck Marr , Sam Washington , Samantha Jacoby and David Reich

Chart Book

Federal Tax

The Need to Rebuild the Depleted IRS

December 16, 2022

Report

Federal Tax

Success of the IRS Rebuilding and Tax Gap Reduction Effort Depends on Sufficient Funding Through Annual Appropriations

December 7, 2022 | Chuck Marr , Samantha Jacoby and Jabari Cook

Blog

Federal Tax

Added IRS Funding Would Help Ensure High-Income Households, Businesses Pay Their Taxes

August 12, 2022 | Samantha Jacoby

Statement

Federal Tax

Inflation Reduction Act Takes Important Steps Forward and Should Be Enacted

August 5, 2022 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Tax

Congress Needs to Take Two Steps to Fund the IRS for the Short and Long Term

February 1, 2022 | Chuck Marr , Samantha Jacoby , Jabari Cook and David Reich

Blog

Federal Budget

5 Reasons Why Congress Should Quickly Pass Build Back Better

December 16, 2021 | CBPP

Blog

Federal Tax

Revenue From BBB’s IRS Enforcement Funding Would Support Investments

November 17, 2021 | Samantha Jacoby

Report

Federal Tax

Build Back Better Requires Highest-Income People and Corporations to Pay Fairer Amount of Tax, Reduces Tax Gap

November 2, 2021 | Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby

Report

Federal Tax

Reducing the Tax Gap: 5 Key Points on Information Reporting

September 14, 2021 | Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby

Report

Federal Tax

Ways and Means Revenue Bill Major Step Forward But Additional Steps Available

September 13, 2021 | Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Biden Financial Reporting Requirement an Integral Part of Plan to Address Tax Gap

July 12, 2021 | Chuck Marr

Report

Poverty and Inequality

Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Children, Supporting Workers, and Expanding Health Coverage

March 24, 2021 | Sharon Parrott , Chuck Marr , Arloc Sherman and Judith Solomon

Blog

Federal Tax

This Year’s Tax Day Highlights Need to Rebuild IRS

July 14, 2020 | Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Federal Tax

Next Stimulus Bill Should Include Volunteer Tax Assistance Funding

June 30, 2020 | Sam Washington

Blog

Federal Tax

IRS Stimulus Glitches Show Cost of Earlier Cuts

April 28, 2020 | Sam Washington

Blog

Federal Tax

GAO: 2017 Tax Law Creating New Compliance Challenges for IRS

March 11, 2020 | Samantha Jacoby

Testimony

Federal Tax

Depletion of IRS Enforcement Is Undermining the Tax Code

February 11, 2020 | Chye-Ching Huang

Blog

Federal Tax

Policymakers Should Ensure Pass-Throughs Pay More of Taxes They Owe

November 22, 2019 | Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Federal Tax

Taxing High Incomes, Large Fortunes More Effectively

November 13, 2019 | Samantha Jacoby

Report

Federal Tax

Substantial Income of Wealthy Households Escapes Annual Taxation Or Enjoys Special Tax Breaks

November 13, 2019 | Chuck Marr , Samantha Jacoby and Kathleen Bryant

Blog

Federal Tax

High Cost of IRS Cuts: Weakened Tax Enforcement

October 7, 2019 | Samantha Jacoby

Blog

Federal Tax

Senate Should Pave Way for Rebuilding IRS Enforcement

August 1, 2019 | Chuck Marr

Blog

Federal Budget

House Bill a Step Forward on IRS Enforcement, But More Needed

June 10, 2019 | Chuck Marr

Blog

Federal Budget

Audits of Highest-Income Taxpayers Fall Again

May 21, 2019 | Chuck Marr

Blog

Federal Tax

Learning About the Tax Gap Before Tomorrow’s House Hearing

May 8, 2019 | Chuck Marr

Report

Federal Tax

Bipartisan Support for Budget Mechanism to Boost IRS Enforcement Is Promising First Step

April 9, 2019 | Chuck Marr and Roderick Taylor

Blog

Federal Tax

New Congress Must Fund IRS, Refocus Its Enforcement Priorities

December 20, 2018 | Roderick Taylor

Commentary

Federal Tax

New York Times Investigation Highlights Failures in Taxing Income From Wealth

October 30, 2018 | Samantha Jacoby

Policy Brief

Federal Tax

2017 Tax Law Invites Rampant Tax Sheltering and Gaming

October 25, 2018

Blog

Federal Budget

Senate Bill Would Shortchange IRS, Again

June 29, 2018 | Roderick Taylor

Blog

Federal Tax

House Bill Leaves IRS Enforcement Depleted

May 24, 2018 | Roderick Taylor

Blog

Federal Tax

Trump Administration’s Tax Enforcement Funding Mechanism Deserves Support

April 23, 2018 | Chuck Marr

Blog

Federal Tax

Underfunded IRS Continues to Audit Less

April 18, 2018 | Emily Horton

Blog

Federal Tax

2018 Funding Bill Falls Short for the IRS

March 23, 2018 | Emily Horton

Blog

Federal Tax

IRS Must Now Be a Top Funding Priority

February 16, 2018 | Chuck Marr

Report

Federal Tax

IRS Budget Needs to Be Restored and Supplemented to Implement and Enforce the New Tax Law

January 25, 2018 | Chuck Marr , Emily Horton and Roderick Taylor

Report

Federal Budget

Federal Spending and Revenues Will Need to Grow in Coming Years, Not Shrink

September 6, 2017 | Paul N. Van de Water

Blog

Federal Tax

House Considering More IRS Cuts

July 12, 2017 | Emily Horton