Articles published around the country repeat Intuit’s assertion — sometimes almost word for word — that the upcoming IRS pilot program would hurt Black Americans. A researcher whose work is cited by Intuit says the company is misstating her findings.
Or, and hear me out here… the IRS can start going after the whales that aren’t paying taxes currently. Don’t shrink the government agency that literally has the highest ROI of any agency
Simplifying the tax code means eliminating loopholes. Eliminating loopholes means they have fewer ways to avoid paying taxes. Fewer ways to avoid paying taxes means it will be easier for the IRS to go after people who outright breaking the law instead of having to figure out what is and isn’t legal based on 70,000+ pages of text filled with gray areas to play in.
The IRS is trying to cases these companies/people through a maze. It would be a hell of a lot easier to chase them down a hallway.
I agree simplify the code, and let the existing IRS do more, don’t downsize it, just cause it’s easier