Posted on 01/19/2018 9:25:20 AM PST by tired&retired
If Trump wants to hit the Democrat base hard and put maximum pressure on the Dem's, he needs to announce that during the "Chucky Schumer Shutdown" there will be no IRS refund checks.
Between the earned income credit and the child tax credit, low income taxpayers with children can get over $8,000 in tax refund without paying anything in.
These people drool and chomp at the bit, screaming if their refunds don't arrive ASAP. They will put lots of pressure on the Dem's.
Just ask any inner city H & R Block office and they will tell you, the low income inner city folks will scream if their check is delayed.
Interesting idea.
Good way to get a majority of working class voters on your side.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
/s
Making the shutdown more painful than it would normally be (which isn’t much at all) would only backfire on the Pubbies. Not really a good idea, especially given how hostile the press is to anyone/anything even slightly to the right of Karl Marx.
The IRS doesn`t begin processing tax returns until Jan. 29th. This will be over by then.
I’m tired and retired, too. Not a good idea.
On another note, my net pay went up $50 a week. They must've released the new withholding tables.
Except the liberal media will just tell them that “Trump” is the one holding back their checks, solely because he is a racist, sexist, homophobe who hates poor people. And of course they’ll swallow it without question...
Most Americans haven’t received all the tax documents to even file with.
Dumb idea.
That would hurt a lot of voters.
I’ve read before that H&R offers an instant refund. I assume this means that H&R front the money for a percentage...
The last time there was a shutdown (caused by the Dems too), they made it “painful” and tried to blame the GOP. They don’t have the majority now. The less painful a shutdown is, the more that people will be fine with them; a “painful” shutdown is a political football, and a real shutdown is always painless.
That means that the taxpayers' returns now being filed through Free File will still be queued up, awaiting processing when the 2018 tax filing season officially starts on Monday, Jan. 29.
But what if the federal government is still shut down when that date rolls around?
Again, there shouldn't be big problems. Unless the shutdown drags on.
Essential tax work still done: The reason for expected IRS business as usual is that the agency has been through this before, most recently just before the October extended tax filing deadline.
During that 16-day federal closure in October 2013, the IRS worked off an official shutdown contingency document, which detailed the tax agency's preparation for and implementation of a shutdown of its services and offices.
IRS FY2014 SHUTDOWN CONTINGENCY PLAN (Non-filing Season – Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2013)
OVERVIEW
During fiscal year 2014, if the IRS were confronted by a shutdown during the first quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2013), activities in preparation for the 2013 Tax Filing Season would need to continue along with certain other activities authorized under the Anti-Deficiency Act. IRS’ contingency plan describes agency actions and activities for 1-5 business days.
Should the hiatus extend beyond five (5) business days, the Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support will initiate (through the IRS Human Capital Officer) the reassessment of activities and any necessary adjustment of excepted positions/personnel.
This IRS Shutdown Contingency Plan includes: A Summary of Shutdown Impact - according to Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A-11, Section 124 (page 3); functional activity during shutdown is provided in Appendix A (page 13).
Shutdown Preparation - specific actions the agency has taken to assure efficient coordination of a shutdown should one occur, i.e., identifying continuing activities and support positions and personnel and documenting steps for implementing activities (beginning on page 5).
Shutdown Implementation - the steps and activities IRS will follow/take to initiate a shutdown, during a shutdown, and the communications to employees, managers, Treasury officials, Congressional staff, NTEU, the media, and external stakeholders such as excepted contractors; will include, as appropriate, notification of shutdown, appeals rights, excepted activities and employees, and recall (beginning on page 10).
Reactivation of Functions – includes the notification of funding and recall procedures and policies to coordinate employees’ return to work and any post-implementation bargaining (page 12).
Here is the link to the actual document in pdf:
https://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Documents/FY2014%20Shutdown%20Plan_Non-Filing--Final_Web%20Verison.pdf
> Except the liberal media will just tell them that “Trump” is the one holding back their checks... <
Yep. The original poster’s idea is bad for that very reason. Plus not one person in five knows just who Schumer is, and what he is doing. The buck will stop with Trump.
Just start firing bureaucrats instead. Those gov’t employees will force them to reopen.
Sounds like Trump has okayed each department using its reserve funds and some kind of funds transfers. Barry refused. Wonder if those fund reserves are courtesy of baseline budgeting?
“Interesting idea.”
Not an idea... it’s the truth.
Blame Chucky Schumer’s love of the illegals as being greater than his care for the working taxpayers.
The last shutdown was in October. While October 15th was the extension deadline, it did not impact many refunds.
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