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CousinIT

(12,362 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 09:44 PM Jan 2023

Republican't stupidity re: Taxes, revenue, deficit, and IRS (those assholes never could do math)







https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217537861#post10 (TigressDem is a GREAT resource on Republican't IRS bullshit!)

https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-case-for-a-robust-attack-on-the-tax-gap



The Treasury Department rejects GOP claims on new IRS agents
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/treasury-department-rejects-gop-claims-irs-agents/story?id=88495613

Fact-Checking the Misleading Claim About 87,000 Tax Agents
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/us/politics/irs-agents-fact-check.html




First CBO score of the new Congress is here.

Says that the GOP IRS funding bill would reduce spending by $71.5B and reduce revenue by $185.8B.

Net deficit increase of $114B.

https://cbo.gov/system/files/2023-01/hr23_IRS.pdf


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Republican't stupidity re: Taxes, revenue, deficit, and IRS (those assholes never could do math) (Original Post) CousinIT Jan 2023 OP
The IRS shouldn't have delayed the implementation of that $600 cash app 1099 for a year either MichMan Jan 2023 #1
k&r Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #2

MichMan

(16,874 posts)
1. The IRS shouldn't have delayed the implementation of that $600 cash app 1099 for a year either
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 10:18 PM
Jan 2023

Congress passed it for a reason. Delaying it like they did had a negative effect on the budget.

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