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John,
Last year, we fought for and won investments in the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats and to provide first-class service to taxpayers. Now, that critical funding is under threat by a Republican-controlled House who plans to vote to defund the IRS.
Defunding the IRS isn’t new to congressional Republicans. In 2010, they slashed IRS funding, which has resulted in huge delays in processing tax returns and refunds, and has allowed the richest 1% to avoid paying $160 billion in taxes each year.[1]
Now they want to eliminate nearly all of the $80 billion investment, over 10 years, that we won in the Inflation Reduction Act. This investment will raise more than $200 billion.
Donate today to fight back against congressional Republicans who want to continue allowing their wealthy and corporate donors to avoid paying the taxes that they already owe!
Together, we’re fighting for a tax system that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.
Sarah Christopherson
Legislative and Policy Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] “ATF Urges House to Vote NO on GOP Bill to Protect Rich & Corporate Tax Cheats,” Americans for Tax Fairness, Jan. 3, 2023
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John,
Republicans are in complete disarray. But on one issue, they agree: allowing their wealthy campaign donors to dodge taxes by defunding the IRS.
Once Republicans elect a Speaker of the House (whenever that may be….), their first planned legislative vote is to repeal IRS funding designed to crack down on millionaire, billionaire, and corporate tax cheats.
This is funding that we won last year as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Republicans falsely claimed would result in an army of 87,000 IRS agents who would be auditing everyday people and small businesses. Fact checkers had a field day debunking their outrageous claims designed to scare voters.[1]
Republicans plan to deliver on their campaign promise to defund the IRS and we’re fighting back.
Pitch in $5 today to demand Congress reject the first Republican order of business in 2023: protecting rich and corporate tax cheats by defunding the IRS.
While it appears that it’s just 20 extremist Republicans who are holding up the business of the people in the U.S. House by voting against Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, this chaos is part of the larger Republican ideology that rejects the overall functioning of government. That’s why Republicans have been defunding the IRS since 2010, resulting in audit rates of millionaires and billionaires dropping by 71% and audit rates of large corporations declining by 54%.[2]
Congressional Republicans don’t want a functioning government. That’s why it’s become so commonplace for them to hold our government and our debt ceiling hostage over outrageous demands―like cutting Social Security and Medicare.
Pitch in today to fight back against congressional Republicans first order of business: defunding the IRS to protect their political donors―wealthy and corporate tax cheats.
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Together, we’re holding the rich and powerful to account, demanding they pay what they owe in taxes.
Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] “ATF Urges House to Vote NO on GOP Bill To Protect Rich & Corporate Tax Cheats,” Americans for Tax Fairness, Jan. 3, 2023
[2] “Congress Needs to Take Two Steps to Fund the IRS for the Short and Long Term,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Feb. 1, 2022
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