Excellent summary of what's being done and what's being planned. Republicans have defunded the IRS for a long time so the deferred maintenance is huge and will take some time before all the improvements will be seen. It's also very important to keep in mind that the IRS does NOT write tax laws, Congress does (i.e., their staff). You vote for the people who write the tax laws so keep that in mind when voting. The President appoints the IRS Commissioner who sets the tone for the IRS to operate. Republicans always try to lower the tax rate for corporations and other businesses but that's not the only thing they do, it's simply the most public. They also write laws to give businesses and certain industries special tax deductions and tax credits to lower their taxable income and taxes paid. The IRS is charged with collection and, as a part of the Treasury Dept, works to interpret how to apply these laws, many of which are written in a vague manner and/or are way too complicated. The IRS also has a lot of public outreach including videos on YouTube but be careful if you look for tax help videos as a lot of paid providers also have a lot of videos on YouTube and elsewhere. On YouTube you want to go to @IRSvideos. If Trump wins the election IRS funding will once again be stripped because it helps the wealthy.
Excellent summary of what's being done and what's being planned. Republicans have defunded the IRS for a long time so the deferred maintenance is huge and will take some time before all the improvements will be seen. It's also very important to keep in mind that the IRS does NOT write tax laws, Congress does (i.e., their staff). You vote for the people who write the tax laws so keep that in mind when voting. The President appoints the IRS Commissioner who sets the tone for the IRS to operate. Republicans always try to lower the tax rate for corporations and other businesses but that's not the only thing they do, it's simply the most public. They also write laws to give businesses and certain industries special tax deductions and tax credits to lower their taxable income and taxes paid. The IRS is charged with collection and, as a part of the Treasury Dept, works to interpret how to apply these laws, many of which are written in a vague manner and/or are way too complicated. The IRS also has a lot of public outreach including videos on YouTube but be careful if you look for tax help videos as a lot of paid providers also have a lot of videos on YouTube and elsewhere. On YouTube you want to go to @IRSvideos. If Trump wins the election IRS funding will once again be stripped because it helps the wealthy.