House Republicans are finding new ways to rein in the IRS. In a statement, House majority leader Kevin McCarthy called the agency “a picture of government corruption and incompetence.”
“In the past few years alone, the IRS has targeted groups based on their political beliefs, was rebuked by a U.S. Court of Appeals for political targeting, selectively enforced the law, sent out $46 million in potentially fraudulent tax refunds, and answered only 15.6 percent of the calls made to them during the height of tax filing season this year. And on top of all of that, thousands of IRS employees are delinquent on their own taxes.”
McCarthy added that, despite the IRS’s issues, it pats itself on the back with bonuses.
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