Posted on 05/22/2023 5:20:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
This week’s Liberal Media Scream shows exactly the difference between small-government conservatives and big-government liberals.
Imagine wanting 87,000 more Internal Revenue Service agents. Well, that’s not only what NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd said, but he sneered at those who don’t want them as likely tax cheats.
On his Sunday show, he took on the GOP plan to roll back the Biden administration’s request and said, “I have never understood the resistance of extra IRA agents — unless you knowingly cheat on your taxes.” His guest, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), replied, “That’s salacious and you know that.”
Donalds said that “when you have that many more agents, it’s not to go after the rich. It’s to go after the middle class.” Todd stood by his view that the honest have nothing to fear from more enforcement. “So if you’re paying what you are supposed to pay, then you should have nothing to fear,” he said.
The exchange on Sunday’s Meet the Press:
CHUCK TODD: But there’s one more thing House Republicans are asking for, which is they want fewer IRS agents. They want fewer attempts to try to properly get tax receipts into the federal government’s coffers. I have never understood the resistance of extra IRS agents — unless you knowingly cheat on your taxes.
REP. BYRON DONALDS: First of all, that’s salacious and you know that. Most Americans, by far, pay their taxes, and they do it honorably. What House Republicans, and frankly the Republican Party, is concerned about is having IRS agents go after middle-class families and small business owners. When you have that many more agents, it’s not to go after the rich. It’s to go after the middle class. That’s what it's for.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Entertainment Tax Law is for the most part, Money Laundering with special rules for special people. I think every person that earns money as a jester or in any aspect of the entertainment industry should be audited annually.
87,000 more agents
about 250 workdays a year
That’s 21,750,000 work days of audits annually, additional.
Or taking one workday to audit 21,750,000 American tax returns annually (in addition to those already likely to get audited).
Perhaps 5,000 more agents for an in-house pre-check of every return for which a refund of over $1000 is claimed, and for all indicated follow-up?
How about eliminating refunding of tax credits?
The Democrats authorized $80 billion extra for the IRS over 10 year.
That’s $8 billion/year.
At say $100,000/employee, that’s about 80,000 added employees (not all auditors) to the current staffing levels.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/31/irs-is-not-hiring-an-army-of-auditors-whats-really-happening.html
80k new agents x $80k salary each means $64 billion.
I would like to see this arrogant little jerk get audited good and hard. Probably won’t happen though. He is on their team.
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