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Home Front: Politix
House GOP Slashes IRS Tax Enforcement Budget
2014-07-16
[HOSTED.AP.ORG] The GOP-controlled House has slashed the budget for the Internal Revenue Service's tax enforcement division by $1.2 billion, a 25 percent cut that would mean fewer audits of taxpayers and make it more likely that people who cheat on their taxes will get away with it.

The House approved the cuts by voice vote after little debate Monday night as it took up a $21 billion spending bill that sets the IRS budget.

The cuts reflect GOP outrage over the agency's scrutiny of tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status and frustration over the agency's failure to produce thousands of emails by Lois Lerner, the official formerly in charge of the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Or they can change their triggers for an audit from 'large sums of unaccounted for income', and 'excessive deductions' to things like: 'from a red state', 'Conservative', "Tea Party associated"..
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-07-16 14:01  

#7  While we're on the subject of idiots, the IRS could shift all the junket money into enforcement.

But idiots can't see an opportunity, so they pass it up. Like the Paleos.
Posted by: Bobby   2014-07-16 13:55  

#6  Idiots. The one part of the IRS budget that will get bad press. Could have gone after travel and junkets, bonuses, salary increases or even departments involved in wrong doing but oh no. We are way too stupid for that.
Posted by: Iblis   2014-07-16 10:06  

#5  This is about the only tool Congress has at this point. Special prosecutors won't get by Holder. Can't impeach Holder or Obama as it won't get past Harry Reid. Cut off the money and starve the agencies of money. The government has been weaponized against the people--they have no voice or protections anymore.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-07-16 09:38  

#4  Doesn't this have to pass in the Senate as well? Because if so, Harry Reid will see that it goes nowhere so long as he is in charge, ie. until the Republicans get a majority. This means this is just a warning shot across the IRS bow until the next Congress is sworn in in January.

Vote in November. Vote Republican, even if your candidate is a Rhino, because that's the only way we have any chance of reining in those arrogant, big government bastards.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-07-16 07:08  

#3  Money DOES talk. If you get your paycheck severely CUT it would send a message. The IRS are arrogant sh85s who screwed the wrong people.
Let us see if they are stupid also.
Posted by: Big Thromoth3646   2014-07-16 04:50  

#2   make it more likely that people who cheat on their taxes will get away with it.

Because there is no real enforcement mechanism to prevent the bureaucracy to play lose with spending authorizations, they'll just shift money around the budget to the collection department to keep the revenue flowing. So bureaucrats that cheat on their budget are likely to get away with it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-07-16 00:21  

#1  HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Sucks to be caught cheatin', huh?
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-07-16 00:13  

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