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IRS Cries 'Budget'!
Townhall.com ^ | January 6, 2015 | John Ransom

Posted on 01/06/2015 7:04:31 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/06/2015 7:04:31 AM PST by Kaslin
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We should show the IRS the same sympathy they show the taxpayer that does’t have enough funds to pay their taxes.


2 posted on 01/06/2015 7:06:25 AM PST by txrefugee
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Then I suggest we make the tax code smaller so that it is easier to manage.


3 posted on 01/06/2015 7:08:21 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: rfreedom4u

+1. Great post.


4 posted on 01/06/2015 7:13:41 AM PST by Starboard
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Abolish the IRS and start over.


5 posted on 01/06/2015 7:15:41 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: rfreedom4u

++1


6 posted on 01/06/2015 7:19:37 AM PST by Lexinom
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To: rfreedom4u
Then I suggest we make the tax code smaller so that it is easier to manage.

No, no. Then then tax code would be.

1. "How much money did you make last year?"

2. "Send it in!"

7 posted on 01/06/2015 7:24:05 AM PST by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: Kaslin

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?!!


8 posted on 01/06/2015 7:27:14 AM PST by subterfuge (Minnesota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: Kaslin

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.


9 posted on 01/06/2015 7:27:38 AM PST by jonose
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To: Kaslin

Just keep cutting the budget until they are out of business.


10 posted on 01/06/2015 7:32:28 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Kaslin

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...


11 posted on 01/06/2015 7:45:58 AM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's like a whole 'nother country.)
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To: rfreedom4u

Pretty easy to administer a sales tax.
Every state and municipality already has this structure in place.


12 posted on 01/06/2015 7:48:34 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: jonose

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.


13 posted on 01/06/2015 7:50:32 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Kaslin
Remember what I wrote as one of the problems with the current income tax system:

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.

14 posted on 01/06/2015 7:54:52 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Kaslin

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!


15 posted on 01/06/2015 7:59:22 AM PST by thirst4truth (Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.)
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To: Kaslin

Drop obamacare and that will free up a lot of resources.


16 posted on 01/06/2015 8:10:31 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Kaslin

Easy, ditch the gazillion page manuals and make it a flat tax and no one will be overworked.


17 posted on 01/06/2015 11:04:35 AM PST by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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To: DaveA37

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.


18 posted on 01/06/2015 11:36:15 AM PST by jayrunner
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To: Kaslin

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.)


19 posted on 01/06/2015 11:41:12 AM PST by jayrunner
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Here’s a radical idea...

Simplify the tax code...

It can be a index card size for individual returns...


20 posted on 01/06/2015 11:44:45 AM PST by Popman
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