You see, the reason wealthy people get to evade taxes, while the IRS selectively enforces laws against poor people, is because they're just too gosh-darn underfunded!
If only they just had some more moneys, they would get right to work on on making rich people pay taxes, and creating an egalitarian society that the working class could thrive under! Because there is so much evidence that the US government is invested in doing that.
Your thoughts?
A better-fundd IRS will go increasingly after rich people's taxes. But they'll do it even more to the working class.
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Who's filling out the 1044 EZ and getting audited?
If you've got investment income or are trying to run a farm or other business where you're trying to keep track of lots of different income streams or to claim expenses to reduce your tax liability then there's something for the IRS to dig thru.
Maybe people who just haven't paid their taxes but the IRS doesn't to have any problem sending bills and notices of fines to people who haven't paid or are late in paying.
I think they'll be going after less formal pay (a way to employers to tax dodge but also still income for the desperate) in a way that hurts the workers. Also the tax hits that are more rare but still working class, like small inheritance or gifts.
More speculatively, I think this will be used to selectively enforce anti-immigrant policies, as the IRS is already tasked with investigating and enforcing that employers have jumped through some hoops to hire only documented workers when something seems amiss. I expect more coordination with ICE, especially during the next administration.