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John,
Whenever a Democrat is in the White House, Republicans pretend to care about balancing the budget. And they claim that the only way to achieve this goal is to cut spending on critical programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, nutrition, and housing for working and low-income families.
But the reality is, if Republicans cared about the budget, they wouldn’t have voted this week to repeal IRS funding that will crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats. The legislation will slash $186 billion in tax revenue over 10 years.[1]
Instead, congressional Republicans are more interested in allowing their rich donors to continue dodging hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes they owe each year.
Now, this bill, passed by House Republicans, heads to the Senate. It’s up to us to make sure it never sees the light of day. Add your name to tell the U.S. Senate to reject Republican efforts to protect wealthy and corporate tax cheats by defunding the IRS!
Last year, we fought for and won a historic investment in the IRS to modernize services for everyday taxpayers and to crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
In an election year lie, Republicans claimed that this investment would result in an army of 87,000 IRS agents coming after middle-class families and small businesses―major fact check organizations have debunked this claim.[2] The House’s first vote, earlier this week, is in keeping with their election promise to repeal IRS funding.
We’re fighting back!
Add your name. Tell the U.S. Senate to reject House Republicans’ first order of business—to defund the IRS to protect their wealthy, tax cheat donors.
Together, we’re fighting for a tax system and economy that puts working people and everyday taxpayers first. Thank you for being with us in this fight.
Sarah Christopherson
Legislative and Policy Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] “Wyden Statement on CBO Score of House Republican Bill Rescinding IRA Funding,” Senate Finance Committee, Jan. 9, 2023
[2] “In First Legislative Vote, Top Priority for New GOP House is Protecting Rich Tax Cheats,” Americans for Tax Fairness, Jan. 9, 2023
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John,
This week, in their first order of legislative business, House Republicans voted to repeal IRS funding designed to modernize the IRS and crack down on millionaire, billionaire, and corporate tax cheats.
They’ve shown that their top priority is to protect their wealthy and corporate donors from having to pay the taxes that they owe.
Join Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund and our national allies in demanding the U.S. Senate reject this bill to defund the IRS! Add your name.
Investments made by Democrats in the Inflation Reduction Act will help everyday taxpayers get faster refunds and their phone calls answered. It will crack down on wealthy tax cheats who avoid paying $160 billion in taxes they owe, each year.[1] And, it’ll raise more than $200 billion in tax revenue that can help lower costs for working people on everything from healthcare to childcare to energy costs and more.[2]
This isn’t the first time that congressional Republicans have acted to defund the IRS. Since 2010, congressional Republicans have forced IRS budget cuts of 20%, leading to delays in processing tax returns and resulting in audit rates of millionaires and billionaires dropping by 71% and of large corporations by 54%.[3]
Add your name. Tell the U.S. Senate to reject House Republicans first order of business: Protecting wealthy and corporate tax cheats by defunding the IRS!
Thank you for taking action today to protect the gains we’ve made and to demand the rich and corporations pay what they owe in taxes.
Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] “In First Legislative Vote, Top Priority for New GOP House is Protecting Rich Tax Cheats,” Americans for Tax Fairness, Jan. 9, 2023
[2] “Added IRS Funding Would Help Ensure High-Income Households, Businesses Pay Their Taxes,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Aug. 12, 2022
[3] “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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