House Republicans Rescind Funding for 87,000 New IRS Agents 

Washington, D.C.- House Republicans introduced H.R. 23, The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. This legislation aims at reversing the funding that House Democrats authorized under the 117th Congress, which added 87,000 new agents to the IRS, increasing the frequency and ability for additional audits. The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act rescinds all new IRS funding while enhancing the services Americans expect to receive from their government.

Congressman Lamborn issued the following statement after voting YES on H.R. 23:

"Hard-working Americans deserve an accountable government that works for them, not against them. The IRS should never be weaponized against American taxpayers. Rather, it should be focused on providing quality service to taxpayers. Rescinding the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents is a great first step in that direction, and I was happy to vote ‘yes' on this legislation!"

Background:

-Democrats voted to supercharge the IRS with a massive infusion of taxpayer dollars focused on IRS enforcement and hiring 87,000 new IRS agents to squeeze American taxpayers.
-Republicans fought for guardrails to protect middle and lower-income taxpayers from increased audit scrutiny – Democrats rejected these protections.
-According to CBO, Democrats' supercharged IRS will cause audit rates to "rise for all taxpayers," and a conservative analysis shows that returning audit rates to 2010 levels would mean 1.2 million more audits, with over 700,000 of those falling on taxpayers making $75,000 or less.
-Democrats have long used the IRS and the tax code as a political weapon and will lead to more IRS abuses like those we've seen in the past:
-Targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups during the Obama Administration.
-Seeking a bank surveillance scheme on all American bank accounts.
-Massive leak of information to ProPublica used to support Democrat causes.
-Unleashing a dangerous new political weapon through the public release of the former President's private tax returns.
-Republicans successfully led significant reforms at the IRS with the bipartisan Taxpayer First Act and signed it into law in 2019. In 2022, Democrats worked against those reforms, opting to supercharge the IRS with a massive infusion of $80 billion in funding on top of a $12 billion annual IRS budget.