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(151,125 posts) Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:21 AM Sunday

"More and more cheating": DOGE's cuts to the IRS may have a big price tag

Source: Salon

Published April 20, 2025 5:30AM (EDT)

With tax day come and gone, the Internal Revenue Service is on track to collect less revenue this year than last. Former IRS employees blame cuts by billionaire Elon Musk and Republicans for the decline in revenue, which stands to expand the federal deficit ahead of a debt ceiling deadline this summer.

New weekly filing data from the IRS, released Friday, shows that the agency has received 1.7% fewer total tax returns compared to the same time period last year. The IRS notes a few reasons why the agency might be seeing fewer filings this year, including that multiple states are in a state of emergency and have had the tax deadline for their residents moved to May; other people may have filed for an extension as well.

However, a former IRS employee and the president of the National Treasury Employees Union, Doreen Greenwald, told Salon that, in her view, the reduction in filings and income is largely due to the dramatic cuts to the agency pursued by Musk and President Donald Trump.

“What we've seen is DOGE going to federal agencies across the board, them removing federal employees — federal employees who are trained and skilled in the work that they do to deliver for programs for the American people, they think,” Greenwald said. “Federal employees are an efficient way of doing business. So when you invest in a federal employee, let's say you invest $1 on average, the return is $8 back. If you invest in an auditor that does the complex audits, you see $12 back.”

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2025/04/20/more-and-more-cheating-doges-cuts-to-the-irs-may-have-a-big-price-tag/

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"More and more cheating": DOGE's cuts to the IRS may have a big price tag (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

DOGE: penny dumb and pound dumber Blues Heron Sunday #1

How Many of the "doge" Staff Can Even Spell "Efficiency"? The Roux Comes First Sunday #2

That'd be terrible! Kid Berwyn Sunday #3

Anyone remember DENVERPOPS Sunday #4

On the other hand when democracy returns, those that take advantage of the lack of Wonder Why Sunday #5

Blues Heron

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1. DOGE: penny dumb and pound dumber

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Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:24 AM

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The Roux Comes First

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2. How Many of the "doge" Staff Can Even Spell "Efficiency"?

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Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:32 AM

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Maybe in the next semester, after spelling, we can start to contemplate what this agglomeration of letters might mean.

Kid Berwyn

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3. That'd be terrible!

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Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:47 AM

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DENVERPOPS

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4. Anyone remember

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Sun Apr 20, 2025, 12:56 PM

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during HWBush's four years when he went to the head of the IRS and told him to hire 2,000 new auditors?????????

The head of the IRS said that's great, we will start by putting them auditing the 200K and higher Individuals.

HW said NO WAY: you will assign them to auditing the 15-30K income individuals, THAT IS WHERE THE TAX FRAUD IS !!!!!!

The head of the IRS told him that their research had documented and confirmed that the fraud was in the 200k and greater tax filer.

HWBush told him, that he would not authorize the additional 2,000 auditors if the he targeted the 200k and greater tax filers.....

Sooo, the head of the IRS didn't get his additional advertisers, and this story went public...........

Wonder Why

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5. On the other hand when democracy returns, those that take advantage of the lack of

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Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:34 PM

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audits are going to find that there is no statute of limitations on the following:

(1) False return

In the case of a false or fraudulent return with the intent to evade tax, the tax may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for collection of such tax may be begun without assessment, at any time.

(2) Willful attempt to evade tax

In case of a willful attempt in any manner to defeat or evade tax imposed by this title (other than tax imposed by subtitle A or B), the tax may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for the collection of such tax may be begun without assessment, at any time.

(3) No return

In the case of failure to file a return, the tax may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for the collection of such tax may be begun without assessment, at any time.

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