Tell Congress: Don’t cut critical IRS funding

 

Congress is hurtling toward another important government funding deadline — and Republicans are targeting the IRS for major cuts yet again. Remember: President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included much-needed funding to help the IRS provide customer service improvements and crack down on tax dodging by the wealthy and corporations. And ever since then, Republicans who count the wealthy and corporations among their biggest donors have tried to chip away at IRS funding from the IRA and weaken the agency. Unless Congress acts now, $20.2 billion of IRS funding will remain out of reach to the agency. If that happens, the IRS will be much less likely to catch wealthy tax cheats and hold them accountable. Please send an email to Democrats who represent you in the House and Senate. Tell them to oppose any cuts to the IRS in next month’s government funding bill. Thanks to investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, we’re already seeing major improvements to the IRS: The IRS has recovered $1.3 billion from wealthy Americans who failed to pay what they owe. Wait times for phone assistance have dropped from 28 minutes to just 3 minutes. The agency is answering 65% more calls than before. And the new Direct File program (where eligible people can file taxes directly with the IRS online for free) has already saved 15,000 taxpayers $5.6 million in preparation fees. If Congressional Republicans have their way, the IRS won’t be able to continue these service improvements or continue cracking down on ultra-rich tax cheats. So please take a brief moment to contact your Democrats in Congress. They need to hold the line against IRS cuts and keep the agency working to help working families. Thanks for taking action, George Public Citizen

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