In order to work toward a government that’s accountable to the American people, tonight House Republicans will vote on legislation to defund Joe Biden’s army of 87,000 new IRS agents with the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act.
Families and small businesses are already paying the price of Joe Biden’s inflation tax—they don’t need increased audits by the IRS too. This legislation will defend hardworking Americans’ taxpayer dollars from bureaucratic waste and abuse while holding House Democrats and the Biden administration accountable for their out-of-touch priorities.
Democrats voted to supercharge the IRS with a massive infusion of taxpayer dollars focused on IRS enforcement and the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents to squeeze American taxpayers.
Republicans fought for guardrails to protect middle and lower-income taxpayers from increased audit scrutiny – Democrats rejected these protections.
According to CBO, Democrats’ supercharged IRS will cause audit rates to “rise for all taxpayers” and a conservative analysis shows that returning audit rates to 2010 levels would mean 1.2 million more audits with over 700,000 of those falling on taxpayers making $75,000 or less.
Democrats have long used the IRS and the tax code as a political weapon and will lead to more IRS abuses like those we’ve seen in the past:
Targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups during the Obama Administration.
Seeking a bank surveillance scheme on all American bank accounts.
Massive leak of information to ProPublica used to support Democrat causes.
Unleashing a dangerous new political weapon through the public release of the former President’s private tax returns.
Americans deserve a government that’s accountable and one that works FOR them, not AGAINST them. Rescinding funding for 87,000 new IRS agents is a great first step in the right direction.
Background:
Last Congress, House Democrats rammed through their reckless Inflation EXPANSION Act, allocating $80 billion to supersize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with 87,000 new IRS agents and increase audits on middle-class Americans and businesses.
This expansion means the IRS would have more staff than the Pentagon, State Department, Border Patrol, and FBI combined.
As much as 90% of the funds raised by these new audits will be from taxpayers making less than $200,000 a year.
BOTTOM LINE: America needs more border agents, police officers, or servicemembers defending and securing our nation—not 87,000 more IRS agents. This is our Commitment to America at work!
