TPA Urges New Congress to Prioritize Tax Reform and IRS Oversight

David Williams

November 9, 2022

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                                                                          Contact: Abigail Graham: (202) 417-7235

November 9, 2022                                                                                

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges the 118th Congress to prioritize tax reform and oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The tax code is still too complicated, and the IRS has been riddled with backlogs, cybersecurity issues, and privacy breaches for many years. The size and scope of the IRS should not be expanded.

TPA President David Williams, offered the following comment:

“Taxpayers are still burdened with a complicated tax structure. The 118th Congress must finish the job of tax reform that was started in 2017 when tax reform was passed.

“Since Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act this past summer—and in turn gave $80 billion in funding to the IRS and added 87,000 new agents—taxpayers are more concerned about the IRS’s expanded powers. It makes no sense that Congress decided to give the agency more responsibility and offer additional funding.

“From leaked confidential tax documents of prominent individuals and disclosing donor lists to political opponents, to targeting the most vulnerable taxpayers, the IRS needs strict oversight and transparency. The IRS has already proven time and time again that it goes after those who do not have the means and resources to fight back. In fact, Humphreys County, Mississippi, (with an average income of $18,000 per resident) is the most audited county in the country.

“TPA hopes that this new Congress will refrain from government expansion and rightfully hold the IRS accountable.

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy.