IRS Mismanagement

SOURCE reason.com
The IRS received $80 billion to target millionaire and billionaire tax dodgers but instead focused on middle-class earners. Despite promises not to increase audits for small businesses and households earning under $400,000, the IRS did exactly that.

Key Points

  • IRS received $80 billion to hire new workers and target wealthy tax dodgers
  • Reports show majority of audits targeted taxpayers earning less than $200,000
  • IRS failed to meet hiring goals, with only 34 agents hired out of 3,700 target

Pros

  • Increased funding for IRS to target tax evaders

Cons

  • Focus shifted towards auditing middle-class earners instead of millionaires and billionaires
  • Failure to meet hiring goals and strategic operating plan milestones