The demise of the tax collectors

 Red State:

Buh-Bye! Trump Admin Closing 110 IRS Offices, Nobody Sad Except DC Bureaucrats and Biden Sycophants

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The failed Biden administration felt that the agency should be expanded so they could further hassle you, but the Trump Team—along with Elon Musk and the DOGE—have a different plan and have been busy scaling back our bloated federal bureaucracy:

The U.S. DOGE Service, which has led the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, has established a strong foothold in the GSA and other agencies. The GSA is working with federal agencies to “fully optimize the federal footprint,” acting press secretary Will Powell said. “We’ll share more information on specific savings and facilities as soon as we’re able.”

The IRS in recent years opened more assistance centers as part of a push to improve customer service using additional funding made available through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. [Editor's note: The ridiculously named "Inflation Reduction Act" was a Green New Deal slushfund that did nothing to curb Bidenflation.] More than 50 assistance centers were opened or reopened between the passage of the act and mid-January 2024, bringing the total to more than 360 nationwide, the agency has said.

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It is ironic that the IRS calls tax collection a cusormer service.  Most taxpayers find legal ways to reduce what they have to fork over to the IRS. Many even hire accountant and lawyers to do so. 


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