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GOP senator proposes bill to claw back $46M owed in taxes by IRS workers
[NY Post] There's already a punishment process in place. They use it on us if we don't pay. She's just trying to not get primaried for F'ing with Hegseth's nominationGOP Sen. Joni Ernst is gearing up for Tax Day with new legislation requiring the IRS to police itself and ensure that all its workers are fully caught up on their debts to Uncle Sam. Ernst (R-Iowa) has introduced the Audit the IRS Act, which requires the tax-collecting agency to probe its workers annually and fire every agent who doesn’t pay their tax bills. The measure comes in response to a July 2024 watchdog report’s findings that current and former workers owed $46 million worth of taxes and that about 5% of IRS employees and contractors weren’t fully caught up on their personal tax obligations. "I am squashing the 1776-style tax revolt at the IRS and forcing bureaucrats to play by the rules they are enforcing on the American people," Ernst told The Post about her bill. "We must conduct a full accounting of America’s tax agency by auditing the auditors. Every single tax-dodging tax collector needs to be shown the door." Four months after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s (TIGTA) July report on IRS workers bilking Uncle Sam, the IRS informed Ernst that it still had 2,044 employees on staff who owed some $12 million in taxes. Only 20 of the 70 IRS agents who were found to have "willfully" skipped out on their taxes were let go, the tax-collecting agency told the Iowan last November. Under the Audit the IRS Act, workers with "seriously delinquent tax debt," meaning individuals with a lien filed in public records against them, can’t continue serving at the agency. Additionally, the bill would restrict the IRS from hiring workers with outstanding tax obligations. The IRS has long struggled with unpaid taxes. Back in 2022, for instance, the agency estimated that the gap between total taxes owed and what was paid on time was about $696 billion. That’s just shy of 40% of the US federal deficit for fiscal year 2024, which clocked in at about $1.8 trillion. Related: Joni Ernst 04/08/2025 Noem presents buyout offers for DHS employees ahead of workforce reduction Joni Ernst 04/02/2025 Lawmakers take action after report shows Biden-era SBA failed to probe 2 million alleged COVID aid fraudsters Joni Ernst 03/26/2025 Biden-Era Small Business Admin Exposed in Lax Pursuit of COVID Fraud Related: IRS: 2025-04-13 RUMINT: Yemeni gov't reportedly preparing 80,000 man assault on Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port IRS: 2025-04-12 Dem states to blame for most of the nearly $400 million in unemployment fraud over last 4 years, DOGE says IRS: 2025-04-12 US seeks release of Israeli ex-FBI source who spread lies about Joe and Hunter Biden Posted by: Frank G 2025-04-14 |
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