“Republicans should be running against them on this issue for the next 20 years because they see this [additional IRS enforcement funding] as political poison,” Kartch said.
In her statement announcing Biden’s support for the CR on December 20, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made no reference to the IRS budget withdrawal.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyamo told reporters in November that without the full enforcement funds allotted to the IRS under the IRA,
The IRS would probably do 2,000 fewer corporate audits and 6,000 fewer high-income earner audits over the following five years.
The new government may explore for measures to further reduce the IRS’s financing, such as reclaiming the leftover supplementary.
Funds provided to the IRS from the IRA, even though President-elect Donald Trump has not said clearly that he would try to reduce the agency’s budget during his second term.
