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IRS to spend just 4% of $80B funding on customer service despite pledge to help taxpayers
NY Post ^ | 08/29/2022 | Lydia Moynihan

Posted on 08/29/2022 11:38:10 AM PDT by DFG

The IRS isn’t putting its money where its mouth is after the agency pledged to improve customer service for taxpayers following an infusion of cash.

Of the $80 billion windfall the IRS will rake in from the Inflation Reduction Act, just $3.2 billion — or 4% — will be spent on improving taxpayer service. In contrast, $46 billion — or 58% of the new money — will be devoted to enhancing “monitoring and compliance.”

The paltry figure for customer service seems to fly in the face of a vow made by one Treasury Department official.

“Taxpayers should expect a significantly higher level of service in the next filing season,” the Treasury official told the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

The emphasis on improved customer service comes as the White House and Democrats face backlash over worries the IRS will end up targeting working-class families and small businesses as part of its efforts to raise revenue.

The $3.2 billion appropriated to helping taxpayers wade through the complicated tax code is unlikely to keep pace with the massive increase in audits. An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates those earning less than $400,000 — the group on which Biden promised not to raise taxes — will pay an estimated $20 billion more in taxes over the next decade as a result of the Democrat-pushed, $740 billion package, which set aside $80 billion to hire 87,000 IRS agents.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: customerservice; inflation; irs; taxes

1 posted on 08/29/2022 11:38:10 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG
"Taxpayers should expect a significantly higher level of service in the next filing season"

This is not a lie. It is simply an expectation that will not be met.

2 posted on 08/29/2022 11:41:02 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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They never answer the phone. Very difficult to work things out. What do they do all day?


3 posted on 08/29/2022 11:42:24 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Vote NOW!! to repeal the Second Law of Thermodynamics like your life depends on it.)
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To: DFG
This is a standing army of 87,000, mostly comprised of Antifa and BLM'ers. This army will be used the same way the FIB has, against political opponents of these MARXISTS. Think 'Lois Lerner'.

The vast majority of this money will go to ammo and weapons. Make no mistake, this is an army masquerading as office workers.

The RATS are all-in on this army, coincidentally timed with the ILLEGAL armed home invasion of Mar-a-lago.

How FAST will these 87,000 be hired? Lightning fast, the hiring has probably already started. Perhaps Zuckerberg is providing his list (from FACEBOOK PROFILES) of ideal Antifa and BLM candidates.

4 posted on 08/29/2022 11:47:25 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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Military training emphasizing weapons and tactics…


5 posted on 08/29/2022 11:50:45 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: DFG
"IRS to spend just 4% of $80B funding on customer service despite pledge to help taxpayers"

Because its not about helping the taxpayer.

6 posted on 08/29/2022 12:01:09 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Taxman

Ping


7 posted on 08/29/2022 12:01:29 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: DFG

Yep. The administration will just pocket the rest.


8 posted on 08/29/2022 12:08:09 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: DFG

They will redefine raids by armed IRS agents as “customer service”.....


9 posted on 08/29/2022 12:16:11 PM PDT by G Larry (May God continue to Bless Jim Robinson!)
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To: DFG

i read that these new agents would be part of a new centralized center

anyone else see this?

sounds like a “special” enforcement unit


10 posted on 08/29/2022 12:18:18 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: DFG

IRS customer service = Trap Doors


11 posted on 08/29/2022 1:29:54 PM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: DFG

So actual service won’t even be keeping up with inflation…


12 posted on 08/29/2022 1:35:20 PM PDT by Glenmore
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To: DFG

I received a notice to pay tax to the State of California today in the mail.
The letter said I had not paid. It was for an additional amount that I had already paid on July 5, 2022.
I had paid online at the state website.

I printed out a letter and copies of the confirmation notice from the state when I did pay and a copy from the bank of the withdrawal etc.
One copy of the contents of the return reply to them and a copy for myself.

I now have to go to the post office and send the letter certified and keep my records for this as they may send another letter....
You would think they would have a record of payment.


13 posted on 08/29/2022 11:55:25 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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