Federal Tax

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Statement

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

January 8, 2024 | Sharon Parrott

Congressional leaders’ new agreement on a topline funding level for 2024 rightly ensures that overall funding available for non-defense programs will stay at $773 billion, the already tight level set in May’s bipartisan debt ceiling agreement.

The Need to Rebuild the Depleted IRS

December 16, 2022

Report

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

December 7, 2022

Report

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

July 20, 2023

Blog

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

April 10, 2024 | Kayla Williams

Blog

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

January 9, 2023 | Chuck Marr

Report

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

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

Blog

Plan to Rebuild IRS Would Advance Racial Equity

September 14, 2021 | Samantha Jacoby

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Blog

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

May 9, 2023

Report

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

April 24, 2023

Blog

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

April 12, 2023

Report

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

December 16, 2022

Blog

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

August 12, 2022

Statement

Inflation Reduction Act Takes Important Steps Forward and Should Be Enacted

August 5, 2022

Policy Basics

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.

Federal Tax

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

The Need to Rebuild the Depleted IRS

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

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

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

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

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

Plan to Rebuild IRS Would Advance Racial Equity

New on this Topic

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

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

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

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

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

Inflation Reduction Act Takes Important Steps Forward and Should Be Enacted

Policy Basics

This Year’s Tax Day Highlights Need to Rebuild IRS

Next Stimulus Bill Should Include Volunteer Tax Assistance Funding

IRS Stimulus Glitches Show Cost of Earlier Cuts

GAO: 2017 Tax Law Creating New Compliance Challenges for IRS

Depletion of IRS Enforcement Is Undermining the Tax Code

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

Taxing High Incomes, Large Fortunes More Effectively

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

High Cost of IRS Cuts: Weakened Tax Enforcement

Senate Should Pave Way for Rebuilding IRS Enforcement