I want Biden and all his surrogates out there talking about this. Telling voters "The GOP lied to you about an army of IRS jackboots coming for you because they knew rich people were cheating the government and they wanted to keep it that way."
The IRS reported Wednesday that it has collected $1 billion in taxes and penalties owed by hundreds of wealthy households who accumulated past-due tax debts for years while IRS enforcement dwindled.
I also want all my Democrats in office to recognize that they ARE Biden surrogates. That's the job now. Less "He needs to earn my confidence" and more "Look what government can do when you put Democrats in office; vote Biden in November." You can do this.
Be careful, because the counter will be "but the IRA gave the IRS 60 billion, so it's a net loss. Never mind that most of that money went to things like updating IRS systems and so forth. There's a reason we got direct file this year.
While direct file was just a pilot this year, if you assume a $40 filing fee using Turbotax or similar, (or equivalent in time to do them by hand), that's a minimum of $4 billion savings per year for US taxpayers. And most people pay more than that.
Holy crap the tax return industry is such a pure scam. Not just the filing fees, but the additional junk they pile on that mostly only lower income people pay. A person eligible to file a basic return to get a $400 refund might only get $175 walking out of a tax prep shop.