That makes no sense at all. The $85 billion were INCREASES in the budget. Employees who retired were already in the budget. There was already money there for replacements. This funding is not for replacements but is additional funding for new employees. The figure given was 85,000 new employees. There is no way the IRS was under staffed by 85,000 people. That is total nonsense.
Your ignorance is unmatched by few.
"The 87,000 IRS agents figure comes from a U.S. Treasury Department
estimate of the level of hiring needed to maintain IRS efficiency and keep up with retirements and other staff declines over at least a 10 year period. "
The IRS has disputed the 87,000 number and repeatedly stated that was an estimate based on staffing levels and expected retirements.
"The majority of the hires would fill positions of people leaving the agency over the next decade" said former IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. We have approximately 52,000 employees that will be retiring or leaving within 10 years so we have to be prepared"
Rettig wrote in his letter that the IRS
has “fewer front-line, experienced examiners in the field than at any time since World War II, and fewer employees than at any time since the 1970s.”
National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins said in her
midyear report to Congress, published in June 2022, that many of the challenges the IRS is facing
“stem from inadequate staffing, including limited staffing in Submission Processing and telephone call centers.”
Bloomberg Tax’s Erin Slowey spoke with Charles Rettig, a shareholder at Chamberlain Hrdlicka, on why the IRS needs its funding and how a
new commissioner could shake up the agency. Rettig, who served as commissioner during the first Trump administration, also addressed what he is telling his clients amid the uncertainty.
A new White House administration and Republican-led Congress are slated to disrupt how the IRS operates.
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