Stefanik Votes to Defund Biden’s funding IRS Agents
January 9, 2022 – Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik voted to pass the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act to block the Biden Administration from hiring 87,000 new IRS agents.
Stefanik commented, “I am proud to vote to put an end to Biden’s army of IRS agents and stand up to protect small businesses and hardworking American families,” Stefanik said. “Together, House Republicans have hit the ground running to begin to enact our Commitment to America and create a government accountable to the people. I will continue to provide a critical check on the Biden Administration’s reckless policies.”
In January 2021, when the Biden administration proposed the IRS funding increase, Fox News reported that President Biden defended his plan, contending that it would give IRS the resources to increase enforcement against high-income tax cheats and corporations.
Fox also reported that in 2019, the IRS audited 0.45% of individual tax returns, down from 0.59% in 2018 and 1.11% in 2010. Out of more than 199 million tax returns in 2019, the IRS only examined 771,095 returns, a decline of 44% from 2015.
This comes after years of disinvestment in the IRS. Between 2010 and 2020, the IRS reported that it eliminated more than 33,378 full-time positions. Republicans have successfully pushed IRS budget cuts for years, slashing its funding by more than one-fifth in 10 years, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Posted: January 10th, 2023 under Congressional News, National News, Political News.