Rep. Gary Palmer Votes to Defund President Biden's Army of IRS Agents

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Following the passage of the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) released the following statement.

"House Republicans made a commitment to repeal President Biden's army of 87,000 IRS agents as soon as we took the majority, and today we made a huge step towards making that a reality," said Rep. Gary Palmer.

Palmer continued, "The biggest problem with our tax collections is the complexity of the tax code. More auditors will not help that. In fact, John Koskinen, the Obama appointed Commissioner of the IRS as well as John Dalrymple, the Deputy Commissioner, in two separate Oversight hearings advised against enforcement by a major increase in audits as planned by the Biden administration. They called increased audits an "unduly burdensome' process that would put a major strain on individuals and businesses, thus causing more harm than good. To put it another way, the IRS can't "audit its way out' of the tax gap, as Obama IRS Commissioner Koskinen said during his hearing."

Palmer concluded, "Instead of funding agents for the purpose of harassing hard-working Americans who are having to deal with President Biden's disastrous economic policies, Congress should get to work on simplifying the tax code. This would not only benefit taxpayers, but it would also increase economic growth and create jobs."

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