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IRS has collected more than $520M in back taxes from delinquent millionaires so far (www.nbcnews.com)
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The agency credited the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act for its stepped-up ability to pursue high-income, high-wealth individuals who owe money.

The IRS announced Friday that it has recently collected more than half a billion dollars from millionaire Americans who owed tax debt.

The agency credited the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act for its stepped-up ability to pursue "high-income, high-wealth individuals," as well as complex partnerships and large corporations, who are not paying overdue tax bills.

The IRA, pushed by President Joe Biden and approved in 2022, earmarked $80 billion over 10 years to step up the IRS’ enforcement capabilities. While $20 billion was ultimately clawed back in 2023 as part of the deal to head off a debt-ceiling crisis, the agency indicated it had already made use of its initial allotment.

Over the past year, the IRS said, enforcement officers had recouped approximately $520 million from the most well-off segments of society.

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Biden administration previously pledged to freeze audit rates for filers with $400,000 or less.

I hadn't heard this, but I'm very disillusioned, discouraged and angry right now.

I'm 40, a teacher, single income (widowed) with two children. I don't make six figures. But guess who got the IRS on their ass for the first time ever this year?

Apparently I guessed a line wrong on my 1040 last year in Tax Game. Or Turbo Tax did, because I just feed it all the digital documents I get. IRS let me know I get to redo that form (back to start!) and will probably have to pay back $50 of my refund. GOTTEM!

Just send me a fucking bill. For 8 billion per year, and you already know what I should pay, just send me a god damned bill. Fuck this.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They are piloting the "just send a bill" program this year in 12 states thanks to the IRA Biden passed. It's called Direct file.

If you live in one of those 12 states and just do the 1040ez, you may literally be able to just have them send you the goddamn bill.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Participating states The Direct File pilot will be available to eligible participants in these states:

Arizona

California

Florida

Massachusetts

Nevada

New Hampshire

New York

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Washington state

Wyoming

The pilot is not an option for you if you did not live in one of the 12 participating states in 2023.

Damn I don’t qualify. I hope it goes well in those states and expands.

Editing for formatting.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And that's why I like the German system. A part of your your income(income tax) directly goes to our version of the IRS. At the end of the year you can do a tax computation and maybe get taxes back if you payed to much, but you aren't required to do that.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, it's the same in the US but sometimes people don't set it up right so the correct amount is not withheld from their income and they have to pay back the difference at the end of the year. For the majority of people, they get money back from the government. There are lots of sales every year around tax filing time because so many people get a sudden amount of money back from the government.

[–] StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Being a little hyperbolic, aren't we? You didn't get the IRS "on your ass," your form failed an automated check.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Biden administration previously pledged to freeze audit rates for filers with $400,000 or less.

It "failed an automatic check" because it knows I got a number wrong. If it knows what the form is supposed to be, why do I have to refill the form? Or fill the form to begin with?

No amount of hyperbole can make that reality any more ridiculous.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good. Now get the other 60 trillion.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Look - they got 1 guy to cave and pay half. That's good enough right?

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

You mean the people good at hoarding money are good at lying about how much money they’re hoarding?

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I just realized that the IRS has a last name! It's LEE!