A letter writer recently wrote that the current administration gave the IRS $60 billion, and that this has only brought in $1 billion.
This is incorrect.
The Inflation Reduction Act provided roughly $79 billion for all IRS operations over the next 10 years.
Part of this operational funding will go toward hiring more personnel as well as updating the IRS technology systems.
Contrary to some popular political talk, the IRS will not be increasing enforcement on people and businesses bringing in less than $400,000 per year, but it will increase enforcement at higher income levels.
This will take place under existing laws.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office projects that increased enforcement will bring in an additional $204 billion over a 10-year period.
Richard Kohler
Sequim