Francis Koster: Why are some members of Congress handcuffing IRS law enforcement? According to Charles Rettig, the IRS Commissioner whose term expired two months ago, income lost due to lack of tax law enforcement amounts to around $1 trillion (with a “T”) each year. Just fund the IRS budget so they can hire people to catch the income tax cheaters. Our current financial mess has largely occurred because between 2010 until 2020 Congress cut the IRS law enforcement budget by $1.8 billion. With fair tax law enforcement, the taxes paid by honest people would not rise.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2023 05:08 UTC