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FILE - This Jan. 28, 2021, file photo shows a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak is seen in San Antonio. President Joe Biden has proposed more than $3 trillion worth of revenue increases, primarily through higher taxes for corporations and the country's richest households as well as greater IRS enforcement that would target the wealthy. But key lawmakers voiced doubts this week about the size and possible impacts on the economy as congressional committees weighed the measures and a wide array of business groups sifted through the details to highlight what they oppose. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

One economist says the IRS really does need more enforcement horsepower

William Gale is an economist, tax expert and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and he joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more discussion.

Congress

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Internal Revenue Service sign with a traffic signal in the foreground indicating a red light.

IRS advisory council returns focus to adequate funding for tax agency

Management

Potential tax reform will have hidden consequences: expert

What's Working in Washington

Tammy Flanagan: Effects of FICA on federal employee refunds

Federal Drive

Federal tax reform will be marquee fight in Washington this year

What's Working in Washington

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Politicians love trying to use the tax code to highlight their goals to voters. This year, it’s a battlefield between Hillary Clinton, who wants to boost levies on the rich to pay for expanding social programs and Donald Trump, who says cutting taxes would gird the economy. The clash has consequences for the rich, poor and those in the middle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

TIGTA annual IT report: New year, same issues at IRS

Management

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Leslie R. Caldwell, Kenneth Magidson, J. Russell George,

Treasury, DOJ, DHS joining forces to fight phone scams

Management

FILE - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Got a question for the IRS on your taxes? Online may end up being the only answer. The IRS may soon dramatically scale back telephone and face-to-face service as part of a future plan that would focus more on online accounts for the 150 million individual taxpayers and 11 million businesses seeking help and information, the agency’s official watchdog warned. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Union chief: Staffing biggest challenge for IRS

Workforce

Fiscal 2015 a record-setting year for IRS online apps

Management

IRS chief: Agency will put federal funding ‘to good use’

Management

IRS looking to strengthen IT, customer service in fiscal 2017

Congress

FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. The IRS says thieves used an agency website to steal tax information from as many as 220,000 additional taxpayers. The agency first disclosed the breach in May. Monday’s revelation more than doubles the total number of potential victims, to 334,000. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IG for tax administration: don’t be a victim

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued a warning against becoming one of thousands of victims fooled by a phone scam that’s robbed…

Management

IRS budget cuts make tax season ‘worst in memory’

It really was that bad. The National Taxpayer Advocate has confirmed in a new report what the IRS long warned about: Taxpayers can forget about getting…

Budget

Analysis: Repeal of tax withholding law good news for both industry, government

Alan Chvotkin is the vice president of the Professional Services Council.