{"id":1594006,"date":"2022-08-08T08:48:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T12:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594006"},"modified":"2022-08-08T08:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T12:50:02","slug":"dem-senator-suggests-adding-87000-new-irs-agents-will-give-american-taxpayers-better-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-suggests-adding-87000-new-irs-agents-will-give-american-taxpayers-better-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senator Suggests Adding 87,000 New IRS Agents Will Give American Taxpayers \u2018Better Service\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-senator-suggests-adding-87000-new-irs-agents-will-give-american-taxpayers-better-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Senate Democrats passing the $740 billion \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d Sunday, Americans might see an extra 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents providing taxpayers with \u201cbetter service,\u201d according to one liberal lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amid high inflation and a recession, U.S. Senators broke even on voting for the legislation. All 50 Democrat Senators supported, and all 50 Republicans rejected the act, allowing Vice President Kamala Harris to break the tie vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While the bill emphasizes spending toward climate and health packages \u2014 an extra $80 billion would primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations while modernizing new technology systems. IRS enforcement aims to ramp up auditing the wealthy and impose a minimum tax on large corporations over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, the number of new agents has working-class Americans concerned that they could see a tax hike, considering Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) once said raising taxes during a recession is wrong, Fox News <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/sen-cardin-denies-democrats-inflation-reduction-act-will-increase-taxes-during-recession\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) attempted to ease taxpayer worries to \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d host Mike Emanuel when asked if hiring 87,000 new IRS agents would \u201cscare the heck out of millions of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMillions of Americans aren\u2019t going to be impacted by that other than getting better service from the IRS having their telephone answer getting the questions they need in order to comply with our tax laws,\u201d Cardin said. \u201cThe auditing is going to be focused on those of high income, the large corporations, etc.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">IRS commissioner Charles P. Rettig told Congress that if the agency were given the additional $80 billion through the legislation, it would not increase audits of households earning less than $400,000, the New York Times\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/04\/business\/irs-audits-funding-congress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/08\/06\/inflation-reduction-act-irs\/\">reports<\/a> more than half of the agency\u2019s audits last year targeted taxpayers earning less than $75,000, with 40% earning income tax credits. Data also shows the agency lost more than 16,000 employees since 2010.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/inflation-nato-biden-climate-and-environment-7bc6644107e4ce365ab9e225c0591b5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Associated Press<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> reports that a senior administration official from the U.S. Treasury Department said the bill could raise a net of $400 billion in the next ten years. The net increase could improve the federal agencies\u2019 customer service team, who generally answers only 15% of its calls compared to the remaining callers waiting on hold while the next representative finishes helping other customers. <\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo there\u2019s no reason to be fearful,\u201d Sen. Cardin added. \u201cAnd if you have paid your taxes and if you comply with our laws, you should want to make sure everyone else does that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1556296383220649984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">told<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0CNN State of the Union host Dana Bash he believes the IRS would target the highest income Americans.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs the saying goes, that\u2019s where the money is,\u201d Blumenthal said, referencing the quote from the 1930s bank robber Willie Sutton when asked why he robbed banks. \u201cThat\u2019s where they\u2019re going to look to collect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe idea that there\u2019s going to be this army of IRS agents \u2026 descending on the average American is just preposterous,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Washington Post reports Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) spoke at a news conference last week, saying the proposed spending for the federal service would \u201cput the IRS on steroids,\u201d adding the total amount to about a million per IRS agent.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou don\u2019t need that many IRS agents to go after a few people they say are very, very rich,\u201d Barrasso said, adding the bill would impact \u201cfamilies, farmers and the small businesses of Americans, that\u2019s who\u2019s going to bear the burden of this legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New taxes proposed in the bill show it would raise some $258 billion in new revenue by imposing a 15% minimum tax on companies with more than $1 billion in profits and force companies to follow IRS account principles when reporting income.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">House Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) introduced an amendment to create exemptions for the 15% corporate minimum tax established by the bill.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thune said of the IRS on the Senate floor last week that it only succeeded in answering about one out of every 50 phone calls during the 2021 tax season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYet 4 percent of the $80 billion is going to taxpayer services; 57 percent goes to enforcement so that the IRS can spend more time harassing taxpayers around this country,\u201d Thune added.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now heads over to t<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he U.S. House of Representatives, where members are expected to reconvene at the end of the week to vote on the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Senate Democrats passing the $740 billion \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d Sunday, Americans might see an extra 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents providing taxpayers with \u201cbetter service,\u201d according to one liberal lawmaker. Amid high inflation and a recession, U.S. Senators broke even on voting for the legislation. 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