IRS chief says Trump’s budget would sharply cut taxpayer service

The following article by Joe Davidson was posted on the Washington Post website June 1, 2018:

David Kautter, acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testifies in February before the Senate Finance Committee about President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal. Credit: Susan Walsh AP

For many years under the Obama administration, Republicans controlling Congress punished the Internal Revenue Service with budget cuts that resulted in horrible service for taxpayers.

Although some service was restored, the Trump administration now plans service cuts so severe that about 40 percent of calls from taxpayers seeking telephone assistance would go unanswered. Continue reading “IRS chief says Trump’s budget would sharply cut taxpayer service”