IRS sets the record straight: We're going after tax evaders, not honest Americans: Op-Ed

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

This is an op-ed from Charles P. Rettig, the 49th Commissioner of the IRS.

As the nation’s tax administrator, the IRS plays a unique role in our nation. It can be a difficult job. After all, does anyone really like paying taxes? Of course not. But they’re essential to fund the roads we drive on, the schools our children attend, support our military and so much more. Unfortunately, given the nature of this work and historical stereotypes, the IRS is often perceived as an easy target for mischaracterizations of what IRS employees do — and that’s exactly what’s happened in recent weeks.

The recent debate over providing badly needed funding to the IRS is filled with outright false suggestions about what the agency and our hard-working employees do — as well as how the additional resources will be handled.

The bottom line is this: These resources are absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small business or middle-income Americans. The investment of these important resources is designed to support honest, compliant taxpayers. Our investment is designed around a Treasury directive that audit rates do not rise relative to recent years for households making under $400,000.

We all want a fair and impartial system where everyone contributes their fair share, no more and certainly no less. A robust, visible tax enforcement effort focused on high-end tax evaders and those supporting them is a priority. Underpayments by tax evaders shift the burden of operating our great country onto honest, hard-working Americans who follow the law.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/irs-sets-the-record-straight-130049197.html

[Farmer-Rick]

2. So they say..... I'll believe it when I see it

My grandfather who never graduated 8th grade and never made more than $20,000 a year as a cook was audited 6 times in a row by the IRS. Not until my mother threatened an harassment suit did the IRS stop auditing him every year

While on orders on active duty in the Navy, I was audited looking back 3 years. I had called the IRS hotline, took their wrong advice and they audited me. The good old game of gotcha that the IRS likes to play with average Americans through their bad advice and casual disregard of how the filthy rich cheat on their taxes is embedded into the system.They ended up owing me money but if I had not had a good tax accountant with me, I would have ended up owing them.

My grandfather and I paid tens of thousands in taxes, while we earned less than $50,000 a year. While at the same time Trump paid $700 and some corporate CEOs paid nothing.

I do not trust the IRS. Why can't they give tax advice and stand by it? They can record the calls if they are afraid someone is misrepresenting the information. Why can't they just tell us what we owe...like many developed countries do. The IRS is so rigged against the average American that I doubt a budget increase is going to change the prevailing abuses.

[mopinko]

3. i'll tell ya what, tho

they are buried right now. they should be buggin me right now. but they're not. i filed a 2020 return that i knew they would correct. i had not made quarterly payment, and assumed i would get a return corrected to reflect a fine. didnt.
i also made 3 payments that they lost. unfortunately i could only get 1 check copy. but they sent me a letter months ago, w no follow up. i'm not worried. i can send the what i have and that should fix it. they should be able to figure out where it went. but the cancelled check had all my info correct. tfg purposely f'ed up the agency.