Posted on 01/06/2015 7:04:31 AM PST by Kaslin
Another day and another complaint by the IRS that they won’t have enough money to administer the tax code properly.
Boohoo.
Maybe they should have thought about that before Lois Lerner came before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and decided to invoke her right not to incriminate herself.
Repeatedly.
Its one thing when a Mafia don does that.
But come on: The IRS?
Or perhaps they should have thought of it before they lost the emails that they said died because of a hard drive failure.
This time the crier for the IRS is CNNMoney, which complains that the IRS has to follow increasingly difficult tax code while seeing reduced budgets.
“Congress has shrunk the IRS budget over the past five years,’ writes CNNMoney, “while at the same time requiring the agency to administer even more complex laws. The IRS topline budget for 2015 is about 10% less than it was in 2010. But the real drop is actually steeper since the 10% doesn't account for cost increases that have occurred in the past five years!!!!”
[Editor’s note: Exclamations added because they were implied in the original copy!!!]
And all this time the government tells me that inflation isn’t a problem.
Perhaps the administration should have thought of that before they made the IRS the policeman for your healthcare.
Only freaking liberals would think making the taxman the point man for healthcare would end happily.
CNNMoney say that the IRS has seen an eight percent drop in personnel since 2010 thanks to budget cuts, this despite being the top enforcement agency for the new Obamacare mandates that go into effect this year.
The IRS worries that they won’t get the right information from insurance exchanges, as a result workflow will suffer.
So they are gonna pull the National Park Service stunt on you, delaying refunds and giving shoddy service, like we are used to the gold star service that normally comes out of the taxing agency (cough, hack).
The average wait time for tax preparer with VIP service at the IRS is expected to top 52 minutes according to a tax advocate, with 47% of regular calls going unanswered.
I wonder where they got that information?
And again that means that you, the taxpayer due a refund will have to wait while the money sits in the federal trust fund earning interest on your behalf.
Ha, ha, ha!
Actually I’m kidding the government would never put your money into an actual trust fund or lock box and earn interest.
What do you think this is? A federally regulated deposit institution?
No, it’s the government and they are very good at telling others how to conduct business while very bad a conducting their own.
And if they aren’t careful, they will get more money docked at the next budget, and the next budget, hopefully until they understand.
All the more reason to file early if you’re due a refund.
All the more reason to file as late as possible if you owe the government money.
Because here's the thing: Clearly the folks in the government have this backwards.
It was never their money in the first place.
It’s the people’s money.
They still don’t understand.
We should show the IRS the same sympathy they show the taxpayer that does’t have enough funds to pay their taxes.
Then I suggest we make the tax code smaller so that it is easier to manage.
+1. Great post.
Abolish the IRS and start over.
++1
No, no. Then then tax code would be.
1. "How much money did you make last year?"
2. "Send it in!"
Gosh. Maybe the IRS could stop throwing lavish parties at exotic locations for themselves. Or maybe cut back on all the bonuses they award themselves? Even better, make the IRS “workers” pay their taxes?!!
I’d like to see all federal agencies automatically terminated every 10 years, and only continued by a specific new vote for a new statement of purpose and reorganization.
Just keep cutting the budget until they are out of business.
Congress! Withhold the money until they confess and repent of their sins or until there is no one left standing in the IRS administration building...
Pretty easy to administer a sales tax.
Every state and municipality already has this structure in place.
And some sort of “term limits” for people working there.
I know you “lose” people with experience,
but in the case of gov’t, that’s a GOOD THING.
6. Government uses the tax code as a political instrument to favor or punish political constituencies as little as ONE taxpaying entity. The recent scandal using the IRS to target conservative 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) groups is clear proof of this.
Now you know the reason for my tagline.
So, with less funds they won’t be making Star Trek episodes for themselves. Just cut out the movies and parties and training, you will be fine!
Drop obamacare and that will free up a lot of resources.
Easy, ditch the gazillion page manuals and make it a flat tax and no one will be overworked.
I’m a tax accountant who has had to work with the IRS on behalf of my clients for many decades. Folks, you have always had lousy service. Do you really think any body cares if the IRS doesn’t get funded? I sure don’t.
Speaking of IRS long wait times. One time I was on hold to some IRS office and decided to write a letter to the Regional Commissioner and my client’s Congressman while on hold, which last over an hour. The Congressman’s office followed through and got some excuse from the IRS.
The IRS doesn’t give a damn about service, unless they are “servicing” a taxpayer.
It’s too late for the IRS to cry wolf. They have already screwed the pooch. ( Taxpayers.)
Here’s a radical idea...
Simplify the tax code...
It can be a index card size for individual returns...
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