A report by the House Ways and Means Committee claims that the IRS is “doing less with less”—intentionally cutting its customer service budget in order to “punish” taxpayers for IRS budget cuts: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has blamed the IRS’s “abysmal” customer service on congressional budget cuts — funding is down $1.2 billion from its […]
Continue reading →The IRS really needs more ethics scandals, don’t you think? It would just be a shame if the governmental agency responsible for siphoning off a third of America’s wealth weren’t filled with corrupt, unethical individuals. That’s why it was refreshing to see Lois Lerner’s dedication to opacity and corruption. And this most recent news is […]
Continue reading →A relatively recent policy update to civil asset forfeiture laws has given the IRS and other law enforcement agencies a new cash cow. Because now they can seize your accounts even without criminal charges or criminal connections: But the Institute for Justice, a Washington-based public interest law firm that is seeking to reform civil forfeiture […]
Continue reading →The IRS received a blow today as the Republican-controlled house cut the budget for tax enforcement by over $1 billion—nearly 25%. Most of me is very happy about this, since the IRS is really lame and everyone knows it. But another part of me is worried this cut could have some very destructive consequences. The […]
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