Democrats call for largest IRS budget to improve service as Trump calls for cuts
If  President Trump  is such a good dealmaker  why is  he  proposing to cut $239 million from the moneymaking but ailing Internal Revenue Service?
Does  this businessman  know the IRS provides excellent returns on investment? For every dollar the agency spends  it collects $4. Its enforcement activities do even better: $1 returns $6.
Yet  if  Trumpâs  spending plan takes effect  the general trend of punitive IRS budgets at the hands of a Republican-dominated Congress will be exacerbated  much to the detriment of fed-up taxpayers and frustrated employees.
 Trumpâs  proposed $239 million decrease isnât much in comparison  but  it  comes on top of years of cuts. The high point  $12.1 billion  was in 2010.
âAn increase in funding for the IRS will reverse the short-sighted and damaging budget cuts which have increased our national debt  left the IRS ill-equipped to combat refund errors and fraud  drastically reduced taxpayer services  dangerously reduced audits  and limits the IRS âs  ability to implement new laws passed by Congress â said the letter led by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
During his January confirmation hearing before  Trump âs inauguration  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared sensitive to the need for more IRS employees.
He implied  Trump  would be  too.
âI can assure you that the president-elect understands the concept of where we add people and we make money â Mnuchin said. â. . . Heâll get that completely. Thatâs a very quick conversation with  Donald Trump .â
Anxiety  fear  uncertainty mark federal employees awaiting Trumpâs budget
If   [TGT] is such a good dealmaker  why is   [TGT]   proposing to cut $239 million from the moneymaking but ailing Internal Revenue Service?
Does  this businessman  know the IRS provides excellent returns on investment? For every dollar the agency spends  it collects $4. Its enforcement activities do even better: $1 returns $6.
Yet  if  Trumpâs  spending plan takes effect  the general trend of punitive IRS budgets at the hands of a Republican-dominated Congress will be exacerbated  much to the detriment of fed-up taxpayers and frustrated employees.
 Trumpâs  proposed $239 million decrease isnât much in comparison  but  it  comes on top of years of cuts. The high point  $12.1 billion  was in 2010.
âAn increase in funding for the IRS will reverse the short-sighted and damaging budget cuts which have increased our national debt  left the IRS ill-equipped to combat refund errors and fraud  drastically reduced taxpayer services  dangerously reduced audits  and limits the IRS âs  ability to implement new laws passed by Congress â said the letter led by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
During his January confirmation hearing before   [TGT]  âs inauguration  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared sensitive to the need for more IRS employees.
He implied   [TGT]   would be  too.
âI can assure you that the president-elect understands the concept of where we add people and we make money â Mnuchin said. â. . . Heâll get that completely. Thatâs a very quick conversation with  Donald Trump .â
Anxiety  fear  uncertainty mark federal employees awaiting Trumpâs budget