U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall is fighting back legislatively against the massive bureaucratic expansion of the Internal Revenue Service ushered in by the so-called Inflation Reduction Act.
The law that big-spending Democrats jammed through on a straight party-line vote provides enough funding for the tax collecting agency to hire as many as 87,000 new employees over a ten-year period.
According to a recent poll, only about 31% of voters believe the IRS will actually use its new resources to focus on auditing large corporations and rich people despite Biden administration assurances.
One of two bills introduced by the Kansas Republican is called the Preventing Frivolous Actions by IRS Agents Act.
“It would compensate eligible U.S. taxpayers who are incorrectly hit with a failed IRS audit. Under the bill, taxpayers would be paid following the disposition of their case, which includes the completion of judicial proceedings. The bill defines an eligible taxpayer as a ‘taxpayer whose gross income for the taxable year in which the audit is commenced does not exceed $400,000, and who is not convicted of any crime related to the audit,'” Fox Business reported.
A vindicated taxpayer would also be eligible for reimbursement for legal fees, which could be sizable, and court costs.
According to Sen. Marshall, who is also a medical doctor, “Joe Biden and the Democrats stuck working and middle-class Kansans with a massive spending scam that gives the IRS the green light to aggressively snoop around in their personal finances. Defending a frivolous audit is expensive and the IRS should pay the bill, not innocent Americans who were wrongly targeted by an overzealous federal accountant.”
DeSantis wishes annual IRS audits on Dems who voted for so-called 'Inflation Reduction Act' https://t.co/34b05BGaT6
— michelekirkBPR (@michelekirkBPR) August 31, 2022
Senate Democrats defeated an amendment to their bill that would have enshrined into law a prohibition against audits for anyone whose income is below $400,000.
Many people, moreover, still remember how the IRS under Obama subjected conservative groups who applied for nonprofit status to disproportionate scrutiny.
“Marshall’s other bill would require the IRS to sell its stockpile of firearm ammunition, worth an estimated $700,000. The measure would mandate the General Services Administration to sell any ammunition bought or stockpiled by the IRS or for the agency’s use within 90 days of the bill’s enactment,” Fox Business added.
The agency inexplicably has reportedly already stockpiled a huge amount of ammo in 2022 as part of a trend that has encompassed years.
“[T]he IRS currently possesses a massive ammunition stockpile. Joe Biden wants the IRS to squeeze every cent it possibly can out of law-abiding American taxpayers and this ammo must be sold before federal law enforcement can potentially use it to threaten and oppress citizens,” Sen. Marshall declared.
“Call me old-fashioned,” U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said on Fox News in June, “but I thought the heaviest artillery an IRS agent would need would be a calculator.” He has introduced the Disarm the IRS Act that would stop any further ammo buys if it was enacted.
Earlier this year, the IRS created consternation with a job posting, which is still active, for special agents in its criminal investigation branch whose major duties include a willingness to use “deadly force.”
IRS hiring ad raises eyebrows: Willing to carry a firearm, use deadly force if necessary https://t.co/eGy1yzJv38 pic.twitter.com/jf5l6rRG2z
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Robert Jonathan is a staff writer for BizPac Review. He is a longtime writer/editor for news aggregation websites and has also developed content in the legal and financial publishing sectors as well as for online education. He earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, “a law school the basketball teams can be proud of.”
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