In recent years, Republicans have declared war on the IRS by significantly reducing the agency's staff and even proposing its elimination from the federal government.Īfter winning control of the House in 2010, Republicans cut the agency's funding by 20%, which forced it to dramatically reduce its workforce.
Those problems are real, and the agency has acknowledged them. 10 letter, 30 Senate Republicans wrote to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to express their concern "about the existing delays and backlogs" facing the agency and "reports from taxpayers who cannot resolve their tax problems because the IRS is unresponsive." They noted that the agency has a current backlog of about 8.3 million tax returns and that its customer service agents were able to answer only 11% of calls last year. But while their Democratic colleagues propose funding increases to solve the problem, the GOP lawmakers instead want to further restrict the agency's ability to do its job.
Republicans in Congress have been crusading against the beleaguered agency for more than a decade.Īfter years of eroding the Internal Revenue Service's ability to enforce tax law through staff reductions, congressional Republicans are now complaining about the backlog of unprocessed tax returns and the lack of available customer support staff.
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