Inside the IRS: The department is charged with the stimulus and tax season is barely hanging on *The Washington Post* The IRS is contending with those challenges while navigating a depleted workforce and years of underfunding. Congress has cut the agency's annual appropriation by 20 percent since 2010, chipping away at workplace morale and expertise. The reduction of human capital—the IRS's most valuable resources, experts say—risks further running the agency aground in 2021. More than 21,000 full-time employees left the agency between 2010 and 2019, including many of its most skilled and tenured professionals. As part of sustained budget cuts pushed by congressional Republicans upset over perceived bias within the agency, the IRS spent years cutting back on training, too, Reardon said, making it harder to adjust to an already hectic year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/12/irs-taxes-stimulus-biden/ Tax season 2021: A tornado is coming A supersize list of some of the issues people will face this year https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/12/irs-2021-tax-season-issues/ President Biden may struggle to get new $3,000 benefit to many of America's poorest families The White House touts plan as dramatically curbing child poverty, but questions abound about implementation https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/12/irs-democrats-child-tax-credit-plan/ Starve the IRS, then create chaos for it. What could go wrong...
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