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Congress Needs to Take Two Steps to Fund the IRS for the Short and Long Term
Congress should put the IRS on a path to a much needed, and long overdue, rebuild after years of crippling funding cuts.
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The IRS performs two core functions of government: enforcing the nation’s tax laws and helping taxpayers navigate a tax system that relies on voluntary compliance.
We work to ensure that the IRS has sufficient resources to perform its fundamental tasks so everyone pays the taxes they owe.
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Congress Needs to Take Two Steps to Fund the IRS for the Short and Long Term
Congress should put the IRS on a path to a much needed, and long overdue, rebuild after years of crippling funding...
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An integral component of the Biden Administration’s comprehensive plan to rebuild the depleted IRS and reduce the nation’s large tax gap is a set of financial reporting rules that would help...
The Need to Rebuild the Depleted IRS
This chart book provides background on the depletion of the IRS. For more on how to rebuild the IRS, see: Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted...
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A decade of budget cuts has severely undermined the agency’s ability to perform its fundamental jobs of enforcing the nation’s tax...
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