The IRS must not become Big Brother. Instead of grabbing for even more sensitive data and invading the privacy of Americans, the Biden Administration should work on securing the data they have and investigating political misconduct within the agency. https://t.co/rABJxX3Z1W

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) January 22, 2022

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Reason’s Eric Boehm writes, “President Joe Biden’s plan to beef up IRS enforcement and snoop on Americans’ bank accounts will require hiring more than 80,000 additional tax cops—expanding a federal bureaucracy with a long track record of flouting due process and undermining privacy.

Biden’s Build Back Better plan calls for the IRS to conduct 1.2 million more audits every year, and about half of those would be targeting individuals earning less than $75,000 annually. https://t.co/yJXhP1IXf3

— reason (@reason) November 26, 2021

As part of Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan, the IRS would get $80 billion in additional funding over the next 10 years. The bulk of those new funds, nearly $45 billion, would be directed toward enforcement actions with the goal of doubling the number of annual audits of small businesses. By comparison, the bill spends a relatively meager $1.93 billion on improving taxpayer services, including education and filing assistance.

In short, for every new dollar the IRS will spend helping Americans understand the endlessly complicated federal tax code, the agency will spend roughly $23 new dollars on enforcing those same rules.”

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Statement by Congressman Tom Emmer, “I am deeply disturbed by the continued efforts of the Biden Administration to expand IRS data collection on millions of Americans. When more than 100 Members of Congress voiced their objection to this proposal, Treasury’s lackluster response demonstrated just how out-of-touch the Department is with the very real concerns of the American people.”

Again, it’s ridiculous we even have to take a stand against something so absurd.

Thanks to @RepTomEmmer for leading this effort. https://t.co/94gIdMkxOv

— Congresswoman Kat Cammack (@RepKatCammack) October 21, 2021

“Over the last several months, Congressional offices have been inundated with messages from constituents concerned about the privacy implications associated with this proposal. The Administration’s half-hearted attempt to mollify critics by suggesting they will simply increase the reporting threshold is dismissive and will still affect millions of Americans who do not want more of their personal data sent to the IRS as a means to pay for reconciliation.”

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Freedomworks’ Beverly McKittrick writes, “A Biden administration proposal, now being considered as a ‘revenue raiser’ in the $3.5+ trillion congressional budget legislation, would require banks and other financial institutions to report deposits and withdrawals for all accounts–business and personal–to the IRS. The reporting requirement would extend to services such as Venmo and PayPal. There is an exception for accounts totaling less than $600…

WARNING: If You Have More than $600 in Your Bank Account, the IRS Wants to Know! #Biden #ampFW https://t.co/d5oVq33IqF

— FreedomWorks (@FreedomWorks) September 24, 2021

Ensuring taxpayers pay what they owe is important, but this proposal is Big Government overreach at its worst. It poses an unprecedented intrusion into the smallest details of Americans’ personal finances.”

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