The recent spending bill cut the IRS budget -- again -- by something over $300 million. To you and me, that sounds like a lot of money, but in DC, that's chump change. Nevertheless, Politico is sounding the trumpets announcing pending disaster as the the tax collection agency considers (gasp!!!) closing down to make up the shortfall.

QuoteEmployees will take a hit. If the IRS was to bridge the $350 million budget cut entirely with employee furloughs, the agency would be shut down for more than 12 days. (Each day saves the IRS $29 million.) If they were to do the full $600 million gap? That's almost 21 days — three full weeks.
That's several thousand dollars' worth of salaries each that IRS employees could lose.
Taxpayers who reach out to the IRS throughout the year will also be affected. Those seeking information about audits or tax adjustment notices might be out of luck if they call for help on a furlough day.

Mercy and dear me! What shall we do? It's enough to give one the vapors.....

Quote from: TboneAgain on December 20, 2014, 09:34:41 AM
The recent spending bill cut the IRS budget -- again -- by something over $300 million. To you and me, that sounds like a lot of money, but in DC, that's chump change. Nevertheless, Politico is sounding the trumpets announcing pending disaster as the the tax collection agency considers (gasp!!!) closing down to make up the shortfall.

Mercy and dear me! What shall we do? It's enough to give one the vapors.....

Welcome to the real world.

Maybe reconsider that $6 billion in bonuses. I worked with a company after my first retirement and one year our officer bonuses were not paid. Guess why? We didn't achieve our goals. What in the hell has the IRS done to deserve bonuses?

Quote from: TboneAgain on December 20, 2014, 09:34:41 AM
The recent spending bill cut the IRS budget -- again -- by something over $300 million. To you and me, that sounds like a lot of money, but in DC, that's chump change. Nevertheless, Politico is sounding the trumpets announcing pending disaster as the the tax collection agency considers (gasp!!!) closing down to make up the shortfall.

Mercy and dear me! What shall we do? It's enough to give one the vapors.....

Hey politico hint hint tell the IRS to stop wasting our tax money. They can start by cutting this kind of crap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywYMtuUKYmo

Removed the s in address line.
walks

All we need is a plan.  Let it happen, go on a big PR offensive explaining where the $ shortfalls can be absorbed by wasteful BS and NOT normal operations.

Is this really like rocket science for the GOP  ?

I mean, really, holy shit.  It's like choking a baby with candy.

$300mm?  Well, there goes the Christmas party in Cancun.

Quote from: TboneAgain on December 20, 2014, 09:34:41 AM
The recent spending bill cut the IRS budget -- again -- by something over $300 million. To you and me, that sounds like a lot of money, but in DC, that's chump change. Nevertheless, Politico is sounding the trumpets announcing pending disaster as the the tax collection agency considers (gasp!!!) closing down to make up the shortfall.

Mercy and dear me! What shall we do? It's enough to give one the vapors.....

Employee furloughs.   

In the real world it's out the door.

Quote from: AndyJackson on December 20, 2014, 11:00:50 AM
All we need is a plan.  Let it happen, go on a big PR offensive explaining where the $ shortfalls can be absorbed by wasteful BS and NOT normal operations.

Is this really like rocket science for the GOP  ?

I mean, really, holy shit.  It's like choking a baby with candy.

Which is exactly what one would expect to happen, except for the fact that Boner is doing the work of those that put him in office and the people be damned.
Yeah, I know, we voted for him in a way, but the truth ism, the Establishment machine that has been the GOP for decades manipulated the vote.
I find it fascinating how the GOP is still playing it as if we never caught onto their scheme, and honestly, if they truly are that clueless, they are in for a huge shock very soon.

Thank you Hussein for exposing the traitors in the Republican party.

Quote from: TboneAgain on December 20, 2014, 09:34:41 AM
The recent spending bill cut the IRS budget -- again -- by something over $300 million. To you and me, that sounds like a lot of money, but in DC, that's chump change. Nevertheless, Politico is sounding the trumpets announcing pending disaster as the the tax collection agency considers (gasp!!!) closing down to make up the shortfall.

Mercy and dear me! What shall we do? It's enough to give one the vapors.....

Now, if they were honest, they would admit that this isn't a "cut" to the IRS budget. It is a reduction in the rate of growth!

No Federal Department (not even the military) ever has its budget "cut"!

Darth

Which part is getting shut down? The refunds or the tax collecting?

Quote from: The Boo Man... on December 20, 2014, 11:16:53 PM
Which part is getting shut down? The refunds or the tax collecting?

Just the refunds to the working class.  There moving that group over to collecting the b o care tax. 

Quote from: The Boo Man... on December 20, 2014, 11:16:53 PM
Which part is getting shut down? The refunds or the tax collecting?

Guess we should stop mailing in the tax checks to lighten their workload.

Quote from: s3779m on December 21, 2014, 06:20:25 AM
  Guess we should stop mailing in the tax checks to lighten their workload.

Now you're thinking ahead of the Marxists game.
As a courtesy to the IRS, we all stop paying taxes till they get caught up on refunds, then we can wait for them to call or write telling us when it's our turn.
Only seems Right.

Quote from: Solar on December 21, 2014, 06:48:30 AM
Now you're thinking ahead of the Marxists game.
As a courtesy to the IRS, we all stop paying taxes till they get caught up on refunds, then we can wait for them to call or write telling us when it's our turn.
Only seems Right.

This is a point that Rush and many others have made over the years. The best way to get Americans to realize just how over taxed they are would be to do away with "withholding" of your income tax. If Americans had to actually write a check at the end of every month (those of you who are self employed know what I'm talking about) the tax code would be scrapped in a heartbeat!

Darth

Quote from: Darth Fife on December 21, 2014, 10:03:44 AM
This is a point that Rush and many others have made over the years. The best way to get Americans to realize just how over taxed they are would be to do away with "withholding" of your income tax. If Americans had to actually write a check at the end of every month (those of you who are self employed know what I'm talking about) the tax code would be scrapped in a heartbeat!

Darth

I read where withholding was part of that very plan, so the employee wouldn't feel the pain of loss, because they never had the money in the first place.
Just more proof of the dirty hand of socialism getting it's grip around the throat of capitalism.
The employer never balked, because the larger the employee base, the larger the with holdings savings account grew and brought bigger payoffs in interest accrued.

Quote from: Solar on December 21, 2014, 11:30:42 AM
I read where withholding was part of that very plan, so the employee wouldn't feel the pain of loss, because they never had the money in the first place.
Just more proof of the dirty hand of socialism getting it's grip around the throat of capitalism.
The employer never balked, because the larger the employee base, the larger the with holdings savings account grew and brought bigger payoffs in interest accrued.

Yeah. Withholding didn't start until 1943, when it was enacted and "sold" as a patriotic effort to fund the war effort. Never let a crisis go to waste, right? Let the official website of the US Treasury Department give you the lowdown.

QuoteThis greatly eased the collection of the tax for both the taxpayer and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. However, it also greatly reduced the taxpayer's awareness of the amount of tax being collected, i.e. it reduced the transparency of the tax, which made it easier to raise taxes in the future.

'Nuff said.