{"id":72235,"date":"2020-03-02t12:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-02t17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=72235"},"modified":"2020-06-29t11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29t15:19:10","slug":"the-irs-needs-more-to-get-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2020\/03\/02\/the-irs-needs-more-to-get-more\/","title":{"rendered":"the irs needs more to get more"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>tighter enforcement leads to more service needs. the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer: by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n between 2010 and 2019, the budget of the internal revenue service was cut by 20.4 percent, after adjusting for inflation. the situation has been severely aggravated by legislative changes that demand more work from the irs even as it has less to work with.<\/p>\n more: <\/b>more firms falling behind<\/a> | does irs need a practitioner services division?<\/a> | irs urged to form tax preparer strategy<\/a> | accountants cautiously bullish on the economy<\/a> | survey results: tax pros forecast a better 2020<\/a> | can the irs enforce the tax code?<\/a> | tax pros upbeat on cusp of busy season<\/a> | irs undertakes overhaul<\/a> over the past decade, the irs has had to spend<\/p>\n the double whammy<\/strong><\/p>\n the results of the double whammy \u2013 expanding services while cutting expenditures \u2013 aren\u2019t pretty.<\/p>\n the trump administration\u2019s 2020 budget is proposing an increase for the irs, but the increase is for enforcement, not services. a 5 percent increase in funding for enforcement is offset by a 5 percent decrease in funding for services.<\/p>\n ironically, more spending on enforcement results in a higher demand for services. every \u201ccompliance contact\u201d for enforcement purposes inevitably leads to some kind of need for service \u2013 taxpayers calling the irs, writing letters, negotiating compliance or asking the taxpayers advocacy service for assistance.<\/p>\n irs roi<\/strong><\/p>\n the increase in enforcement is allowed only through an adjustment to a \u201cpriority integrity cap,\u201d i.e., an increase in budget necessary for an agency\u2019s continued operations. the exception for enforcement \u2013 some $362 million \u2013 is made possible by the promise of a return on investment, i.e., an augmented tax harvest exceeding the additional cost of enforcement.<\/p>\n theoretically, the investment will yield an additional $15 billion over the next 10 years. that return, however, assumes that there will be no parallel increase in spending on services. increasing enforcement, however, necessarily increases the need for services as taxpayers make greater efforts to comply. shifting services over to compliance results in worse service in other areas, such as answering phones or providing guidance.<\/p>\n the tas says that the irs could get a better roi by<\/p>\n taxpayers would have a better experience, and compliance would improve.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n better tech would help<\/strong><\/p>\n the tas says that service and compliance could be improved (and thus expenses reduced and revenues increased) if the irs had modern technology at its disposal. extant technology, however, is extremely antiquated and on the verge of obsolete.<\/p>\n the government accountability office says the irs has \u201cinaccurate tax records\u2026[which] place an undue burden on taxpayers who may be compelled to respond to irs inquiries cause by errors in their accounts\u201d due to the irs\u2019s systemic limitations. untangling those errors is yet another consumption of irs service.<\/p>\n the irs still stores account information for individuals and businesses on its individual master file and business master file. established in the 1960s, they are the oldest systems in the federal government. the people who designed the files may well have driven desotos to work.<\/p>\n the irs is in the process of replacing core components of the imf with a system known as the customer account data engine 2. but funding for technology upgrades was reduced \u2013 yes, reduced<\/strong> \u2013 by 48.3 percent \u2013 yes, 48.3 percent<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 between 2017 and 2019. funding for technology upgrades now constitutes 1.3 percent of the irs appropriation. yes, 1.3 percent.<\/p>\n leaving the irs with a grossly inadequate budget doesn\u2019t just aggravate taxpayers and suppress revenues. it also infringes on their legally mandated taxpayer rights, among them:<\/p>\n it\u2019s hard to imagine what congress had in mind when legislating those rights, then denying the necessary funding. if there\u2019s any interest in reducing the burgeoning federal deficit, helping americans pay their taxes would be a good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" tighter enforcement leads to more service needs.<\/strong>
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