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Your own personal IRS agent?

Interesting math behind the Biden plan to hire 80,000 IRS agents to make sure persons and corporations earning over $400,000 per year are paying their fair share.

2,800,000 = the approximate number of American tax filers who earn more than $400,000
80,000 = the number of additions new IRS agents Biden plans to hire to assure the above will pay their fair share
35 = 2,800,000 divided by 80,000

At 35 to 1, this is like someone earning more than $400K will have the equivalent of a personal IRS agent looking over their financial affairs. Contrast this to the 790 to 1 ratio of police officers to citizens in my community. Put another way, the US government is far-far-far-far more focused on the rich 2% paying their taxes than the city is on protecting the people from being murdered, raped, assaulted, robbed, etc. Why so many "far"s? Because 35 to 1 compared to 790 to 1 is a big, big difference.

Digging further into the insanity ....

$100,000 = the annual approximate cost of employing one IRS agent (a pretty conservative estimate)
$2,857 = $100,000 divided by 35

To pay for the 80,000 additional IRS agents, the IRS will have to squeeze an average of an additional $2,857 from everyone earning $400K+ just to pay the salary and benefits of the additional IRS agent hired to make sure the over $400K taxpayers are paying his/her fair share.

How did this kind of crap get into a bill called the "Inflation Reduction Act"? It sounds more like it belongs in a bill designed to fund the Gestapo.
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Carissimi · F
Don’t believe it’s only those earning over $400k. It will be everyone except the wealthy. The ads for these agents say they need to be willing to be armed, and use deadly force, as well as be involved in other dangerous activities. Sounds more like a hit squad.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@Carissimi The super wealthy typically hire smarter lawyers and accountants than the IRS employs, so mange to safely shield their wealth from anxious tax collectors.

Considering the risk involved with seizing an independent contractor's truck to settle nonpayment of back taxes, I think I understand the rational behind that help wanted ad.

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Carissimi · F
IRS Agents are not supposed to be like a SWAT team. That’s an insult to small business owners. @Heartlander