Why are people worried about 87,000 new IRS agents?

[georgeenoob]

Unless you cheat on your taxes of course, then what's the problem? File your taxes with accurate records.

[leafs43]

There are only 700 billionaires in the US.

You don't need a football stadium amount of agents to audit 700 people.


They are coming to collect from the middle class.

[Procta]

trolling used to be something

[ParsleyTea]

An article I read this morning. As it brings up, the GOP tried to add in the Democrats bill that the IRS with the new 90,000 agents will only be able to audit those making $400,000 a year or more. The Democrats voted that down ~

"The White House Is Lying About Democrats’ Middle-Class Auditing Scheme"

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/10...diting-scheme/

excerpt:

While the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act will use taxpayer dollars to pack the Internal Revenue Service with 87,000 new agents, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed there won’t be any new audits on people making less than $400,000 a year.

The claim is ridiculous on its face. Over 99 percent of Americans make less than $400,000 per year. And while the IRS employs more than 78,000 people full-time, the agency has fewer than 66,000 agents as of March to handle its audits. But the Biden White House wants you to believe these 87,000 new agents will be reserved for auditing the top 1 percent, with no effect on everyday Americans.

Despite claims that the new audits will target the rich, all available evidence suggests the opposite. As Fox Business’s Thomas Catenacci reported, an analysis from House Republicans estimates that “Americans who earn less than $75,000 per year are slated to receive 60% of the additional tax audits.” That annual salary accounts for roughly three-quarters of Americans and covers the lower and much of the middle class.....

[georgeenoob]

An article I read this morning. As it brings up, the GOP tried to add in the Democrats bill that the IRS with the new 90,000 agents will only be able to audit those making $400,000 a year or more. The Democrats voted that down ~

"The White House Is Lying About Democrats’ Middle-Class Auditing Scheme"

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/10...diting-scheme/

excerpt:

While the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act will use taxpayer dollars to pack the Internal Revenue Service with 87,000 new agents, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed there won’t be any new audits on people making less than $400,000 a year.

The claim is ridiculous on its face. Over 99 percent of Americans make less than $400,000 per year. And while the IRS employs more than 78,000 people full-time, the agency has fewer than 66,000 agents as of March to handle its audits. But the Biden White House wants you to believe these 87,000 new agents will be reserved for auditing the top 1 percent, with no effect on everyday Americans.

Despite claims that the new audits will target the rich, all available evidence suggests the opposite. As Fox Business’s Thomas Catenacci reported, an analysis from House Republicans estimates that “Americans who earn less than $75,000 per year are slated to receive 60% of the additional tax audits.” That annual salary accounts for roughly three-quarters of Americans and covers the lower and much of the middle class.....

That report came from republicans and Republicans only. If Machin supported the claim he would've done what he did before regarding Biden's proposals. No republican wants Biden to achieve a proposal this big.

I honestly take comfort knowing these billionaires are going to be cornered when they can't get away with sh*t they used to get away with.

[TheCore84]

That report came from republicans and Republicans only. If Machin supported the claim he would've done what he did before regarding Biden's proposals. No republican wants Biden to achieve a proposal this big.

I honestly take comfort knowing these billionaires are going to be cornered when they can't get away with sh*t they used to get away with.

Can't wait for your, "I'm getting audited Misc" thread.

[bluebeltATT]

Don't forget they also purchased 4,500 firearms and 5,000,000 rounds of ammo


They used tax payer dollars to buy weapons against tax payers

https://www.thetrumpet.com/25943-why...-of-ammunition

[keyboardworkout]

IRS currently has over 10,000 job openings they can't fill.

Soon to be 97,000.

[RIKTER]

An article I read this morning. As it brings up, the GOP tried to add in the Democrats bill that the IRS with the new 90,000 agents will only be able to audit those making $400,000 a year or more. The Democrats voted that down ~

"The White House Is Lying About Democrats’ Middle-Class Auditing Scheme"

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/10...diting-scheme/

excerpt:

While the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act will use taxpayer dollars to pack the Internal Revenue Service with 87,000 new agents, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed there won’t be any new audits on people making less than $400,000 a year.

The claim is ridiculous on its face. Over 99 percent of Americans make less than $400,000 per year. And while the IRS employs more than 78,000 people full-time, the agency has fewer than 66,000 agents as of March to handle its audits. But the Biden White House wants you to believe these 87,000 new agents will be reserved for auditing the top 1 percent, with no effect on everyday Americans.

Despite claims that the new audits will target the rich, all available evidence suggests the opposite. As Fox Business’s Thomas Catenacci reported, an analysis from House Republicans estimates that “Americans who earn less than $75,000 per year are slated to receive 60% of the additional tax audits.” That annual salary accounts for roughly three-quarters of Americans and covers the lower and much of the middle class.....

Theyre coming after that PPP money and small business that dont have the resources to push back.

INB4 algorithms linking anyone who bought Trump/pro constitution gear/right leaning social media posts/heavily red districts with being audited.

[Hayes21890]

IRS currently has over 10,000 job openings they can't fill.

Soon to be 97,000.

My thoughts exactly. They have been "short staffed" for years but all of a sudden will fill 87,000 more positions?

[RIKTER]

My thoughts exactly. They have been "short staffed" for years but all of a sudden will fill 87,000 more positions?

Would be interesting to see if they change the starting pay, etc?

[icetrauma]

Theyre coming after that PPP money and small business that dont have the resources to push back.

It's easier to go after those without the means to secure help then, those who already have high power attorney's and CPA's do their taxes.

[Tommy W.]

Not 1 billionaire will get audited. This is another ploy to get rid of the middle class.

[x-trainer ben]

Your taxes were due in April. The IRS is still processing paper returns amid ‘unprecedented’ backlog....

https://fortune.com/2022/06/23/irs-s...turns-in-june/

[bluebeltATT]

It's easier to go after those without the means to secure help then, those who already have high power attorney's and CPA's do their taxes.

Not 1 billionaire will get audited. This is another ploy to get rid of the middle class.

[JonZ]

Unless you cheat on your taxes of course, then what's the problem? File your taxes with accurate records.

Would expect a leftie to be all in favor of finding new ways to screw people out of keeping their own money.

You probably celebrate everytime a new tax is implemented.

[litljay]

That report came from republicans and Republicans only. If Machin supported the claim he would've done what he did before regarding Biden's proposals. No republican wants Biden to achieve a proposal this big.

I honestly take comfort knowing these billionaires are going to be cornered when they can't get away with sh*t they used to get away with.

You can't be this dumb. You think those high income individuals aren't already getting audited on a regular basis?

[Tommy W.]

Unless you cheat on your taxes of course, then what's the problem? File your taxes with accurate records.

Lol, I can tell you've never been audited.

[ymer]

OP already red. Im out.

[RIKTER]

It's easier to go after those without the means to secure help then, those who already have high power attorney's and CPA's do their taxes.

Yup.

"The IRS audits the working poor at about the same rate as the wealthiest 1%."

"The IRS said, auditing poor taxpayers is a lot easier: The agency uses relatively low-level employees to audit returns for low-income taxpayers who claim the earned income tax credit. The audits — of which there were about 380,000 last year, accounting for 39% of the total the IRS conducted — are done by mail and don’t take too much staff time, either. They are “the most efficient use of available IRS examination resources,” Rettig’s report says.

[LeftistGent]

The IRS is woefully understaffed, most people know this. People should be happy about this, and you'll appreciate it when you don't have to wait on hold for 8 hours if you need to call them. The IRS is also a revenue generating agency that can generate about $5-$7 per $1 spent. It's a no brainer.

[Tommy W.]

The IRS is woefully understaffed, most people know this. People should be happy about this, and you'll appreciate it when you don't have to wait on hold for 8 hours if you need to call them. The IRS is also a revenue generating agency that can generate about $5-$7 per $1 spent. It's a no brainer.

Lol, doubtful they're hiring all those people to man the phones...

[Procta]

The IRS is hiring new special agents!

Requirements include working min “50 hours per week, which may include irregular hours, and be on-call 24/7, including holidays and weekends” and “Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”


https://twitter.com/FordFischer/stat...84869596090369


https://www.jobs.irs.gov/resources/j...-special-agent

[LukeLissen]

because 'it's all about the Great Reset now'

[ and the Great Reset aint looking so great for 'we the people' {but only time will tell} ]

Their 'reset' in sum is basically about the building of a new age totalitarianism, not only in the US but globally. Think 'China' but worse and globally. You can deduce that from looking at not only all that they are saying but more importantly all that they are doing and how they're doing it.

The ability to build and maintain totalitarianism is directly related to the ability to totally control the labor force and most importantly the ability to forcefully generate revenue for the totalitarian government from the controlled labor force.

In the midst of the Great Reset, those agents are for what's to come soon.

I hope I'm wrong; I hope all the others who've looked closely at it all and who have deduced a similar game plan and end goals are wrong a well; and hope that things will turn out not so bad.

[gun-G]

Unless you cheat on your taxes of course, then what's the problem? File your taxes with accurate records.

More worried about how to pay 17,000 new public trough employees and their retirement packages.

[icetrauma]

And if there was only a way people only had to pay a flat percentage instead of going through this same old song and dance every year.

[goody1]

And if there was only a way people only had to pay a flat percentage instead of going through this same old song and dance every year.

This.
Perhaps the fact that we need over 150K IRS agents should tell us that the tax code is way too complicated

[SmillironS]

Can't wait for your, "I'm getting audited Misc" thread.

Wincel has always been straight forward in the fact he doesn’t work and lives off his dad, not much chance of him being audited.

[bluebeltATT]

Lol, doubtful they're hiring all those people to man the phones...

Leftists are that naive to think they're hiring new IRS agents to man the phones
lol

[Tommy W.]

87K more armed government agents is more like it.