IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said Thursday the agency has made huge strides in improving customer service but it will soon need more money if Congress wants continued progress for the rest of this decade.
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at IRS headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. **FILE**
He complained that Congress has already clawed back some of the $80 billion it allocated in President Biden’s 2022 budget-climate law. He said the agency wants lawmakers to restore that money and make it permanent. Republicans say that’s what worries them. They envision a supercharged IRS with so much money and power it sweats dimes out of average taxpayers.He said the money is already being used to go after wealthy tax cheats while keeping audit rates for taxpayers making under $400,000 at “historically low levels.”
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