{"id":1801909,"date":"2023-01-11T08:04:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801909"},"modified":"2023-01-11T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:09:54","slug":"dems-lie-about-irs-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lie-about-irs-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Lie About IRS Audits"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fdems-lie-about-irs-audits%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=1801909&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-->\n<p>IRS focuses its audits in the middle and poor. It is a fact.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The IRS continues to live up to its reputation of promoting low-income taxpayers over those with more wealth, despite $80 billion in new funding.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eKhEO5V37E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/eKhEO5V37E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 reason (@reason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reason\/status\/1611694388157071360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What was the Democrats&#8217; response to the fact that the Republican majority in Congress had cut funding for 87,000 new IRS agents as its first order of business?<\/p>\n<p>You can accuse them of working for the wealthy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is shameful but not surprising. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HouseGOP<\/a>\u2019s first order of business in this Congress is to protect corporate America and ultra-wealthy individuals who are illegally avoiding taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1612645616596783104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2023\/01\/06\/in-2022-the-irs-went-after-the-very-poorest-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live in a dystopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">On Wednesday, Syracuse University\u2019s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/reports\/706\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data released<\/a>\u00a0It was provided by the Internal Revenue Service with information about audits that the agency performed in fiscal 2022. Despite the infusion of new funding earmarked for the IRS via last year\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, the agency continued historic trends of hassling primarily low-income taxpayers, with relatively few millionaires and billionaires getting caught up in the audit sweep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe taxpayer class with unbelievably high audit rates\u2014five and a half times virtually everyone else\u2014were low-income wage-earners taking the earned income tax credit,\u201d reported TRAC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/reports\/706\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noting<\/a>\u00a0The poorest taxpayers are \u201ceasy marks in an era when IRS increasingly relies upon correspondence audits yet doesn\u2019t have the resources to assist taxpayers or answer their questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact \u201cif one ignores the fiction of auditing a millionaire through simply sending a letter through the mail, the odds that millionaires received a regular audit by a revenue agent (1.1%) was actually less than the audit rate of the targeted lowest income wage-earners whose audit rate was 1.27 percent!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-522820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-10.53.36-AM-730x551-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-10.53.36-AM-730x551-1.webp 730w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-10.53.36-AM-1110x838-1.webp 1110w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-10.53.36-AM.png 1412w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to argue that you should believe the opposite of what any Democrat claims to be the truth. They will likely start using double reverse psychology. You get the idea. They are most likely lying if they make an argument that has moralistic content. The IRS is not your friend. It is best to eliminate the IRS and not increase its funding by $80 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Senate Democratic Majority BLOCKED a bill to protect lower-income families against increased audits after Democrats supersized the IRS. <\/p>\n<p>To finance their climate plans, they must increase tax audits on the poor. That is what this fight is all about. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lOGnHQL2Az\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/lOGnHQL2Az<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1612830303914950656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tax agency is unfortunately the worst. The IRS is in fact woefully understaffed due to the current tax code. However, the audit department is not affected. Instead, the IRS is completely incapable of providing reliable assistance for taxpayers trying to navigate the complex tax code. There aren\u2019t enough people to answer questions, and the code itself is so ridiculous that the answers you get from any particular IRS agent on the phone will likely be unreliable. Even if the advice you receive is sound, another IRS employee could disagree with your decision and you will be left holding the bag.<\/p>\n<p>Although the IRS is in serious trouble, it&#8217;s not as bad as our tax code. An agency that manages a confusing and inconsistent tax code that is constantly changing by the minute can&#8217;t be fixed with money. Wealthy people and corporations simply hire expensive lawyers\u2013often former IRS agents themselves\u2013to get them out of jams.<\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between you and me? But not so much. We are the easy targets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republican efforts to cut off IRS funding, which holds the ultra-wealthy responsible, is a dishonest attack against working Americans who pay their fair share. Tonight&#8217;s legislation left working families in the dark. This was something I proudly opposed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHiNHIVl7N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aHiNHIVl7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steny Hoyer (@RepStenyHoyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStenyHoyer\/status\/1612623735441477632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not inclined to view the average IRS employee like a storm trooper who is out to get me. Most of them are doing boring jobs and trying to save their pension. I wouldn\u2019t do it because it would drive me insane, but if you are an accountant it would probably be a pretty good gig.<\/p>\n<p>However, the system itself is corrupt and was designed to be so. Complexity is a benefit to those in power who are able to navigate it easily. It&#8217;s a problem for everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>It can be replaced with a flat tax, and the problem is solved. It would be too simple, so the Left does all \u201canti-millionaire and billionaire\u201d While they are accumulating cash and power for their own use.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: President Biden says he will veto Republicans\u2019 first bill, which would protect rich people who cheat on their taxes and raise the deficit by over $114,000,000,000, if it comes to his desk. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T2hbCgC7L2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/T2hbCgC7L2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoLieWithBTC\/status\/1612613422696341505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let me know if you are a person who actually believes the Democrats believe in tax fairness. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/08\/hollywood-lawyer-kevin-morris-paid-off-over-2m-of-hunter-bidens-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This little story will remind you<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A big-shot Hollywood lawyer reportedly paid off Hunter Biden\u2019s delinquent taxes \u2014 which a source told The Post amounted to more than $2 million \u2014 as President Biden\u2019s notoriously troubled son awaits the results of a Delaware grand jury\u2019s investigation into his personal finances.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Morris, an entertainment lawyer and novelist, made a fortune representing co-creators of \u201cSouth Park\u201d He was the co-producer of Tony Award winning production \u201cThe Book of Mormon,\u201d footed Hunter Biden\u2019s overdue taxes totaling over $2 million \u2014 more than twice what was previously reported, a source familiar with conversations between the two told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Morris, whom Hunter Biden\u2019s friends call his latest \u201csugar brother,\u201d has also been funding the 52-year-old\u2019s lifestyle in Los Angeles \u2014 including his rent and living expenses, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney has also been advising the president\u2019s son on how to structure his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/30\/hunter-bidens-art-exhibit-in-nyc-draws-few-visitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art sales<\/a>According to the source.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The president\u2019s son. Failure to pay $2 Million in taxes. When caught, he becomes a multimillionaire and pays off the debt.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right. If you are connected to the right people\u2013and most zillionaires and major corporations are\u2013you can get away with anything. Even though their armed enforcement officers are trained, they target small business owners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This IRS recruitment program is \u201ctaking down a landscape business owner who failed to properly report how he paid for his vehicles,\u201d Not \u201ctaking down a billionaire who uses the corporate jet for private trips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dems say we need 87,000 IRS workers!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QXlHmDBR6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QXlHmDBR6D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1612619543553216516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you still want the IRS to grow and become more powerful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS focuses its audits in the middle and poor. It is a fact. The IRS continues to live up to its reputation of promoting low-income taxpayers over those with more wealth, despite $80 billion in new funding.https:\/\/t.co\/eKhEO5V37E \u2014 reason (@reason) January 7, 2023 What was the Democrats&#8217; response to the fact that the Republican majority &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1801912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[14366,5458,3933,8362,10489,3819],"class_list":["post-1801909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-audits","tag-bongino","tag-dems","tag-irs","tag-lie","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}