Today in #Christofascism
IRS says churches can endorse political candidates to congregations
https://thehill.com/homenews/5389119-irs-churches-can-endorse-political-candidates/
Today in #Christofascism
IRS says churches can endorse political candidates to congregations
https://thehill.com/homenews/5389119-irs-churches-can-endorse-political-candidates/
#IRS hopes to replace fired enforcement workers with #AI
#TreasurySecretary Scott #Bessent stating that smarter IT and the "AI boom" will offset reductions in revenue enforcement staff.
"IRS already uses AI for business functions including operational efficiency, compliance and fraud detection, and taxpayer services," the agency told The Register. "AI use cases must follow all relevant IRS privacy and security policies."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/irs_ai_plans/
hope people realize that #ICE, the federal law enforcement agency comprised mostly of people who failed out of becoming police or other law enforcement, now has a budget that is ~50% bigger than all the rest of federal law enforcement (#FBI, Bureau of Prisons, #DEA, Marshals, #ATF, #SEC, #IRS, etc) put together.
the unaccountable guys in the masks who abduct people off the street are now probably the best funded law enforcement agency in the history of the world, maybe other than China's internal police.
Send a message to your members of #Congress today to force the #IRS to keep its promise to not collaborate with #ICE. https://act.progressamerica.us/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm396MCpkY7Ue0aOf7CTWHOaxurDHh4zKal-a6i-s9X7l89wJAlnAkgpn3KhBg9XHzYBnWbEHlfuoQoHCugwMjLX_Stef8Y2cqLVS6Sd9GoKf-WSC0HEax62oSuWjJtOwVifVm7SC0wFGCbKuzmxNQLBuZiA2g4A5WYkSr7BCRjy3WymuyUk4f8DGieO9LAani6C1OmOv_CQR59jEmgANdNZhpJlRQEyGn6RMWq86tTj_3mdWiUPaQWCm90CKttReg-DU9SVh1kcQjT-3pPyAnFrOzdFgOHVnVmvL0P9OOiJm1kCWvLONF_IFmL8ET5LvRowWYina081ylag-qxSNT8NBq2lFNjBkPqE2JHEfbuUfDObhg1V7XiCsmqpc6VFt6wj3XCdxt0gZ83t3oBCF3npxYlrREx3XXCisHhWRv0T2kM1VKwnvtbsx0aJUkaz6BnJ8EzpKQVAqMSaAgPtMH-uyCSGl7gXdp7ocnPGo4M6bmQ/4hv/R2v6K7dTRdm0hcVkjfXwRw/h0/h001.m0F7TFwyGifLD39p4k9B3zz4iZ1p_2uaGpaFvaRwA1E
@AlexJimenez this is a direct result of kraken, binance us, etc. being forced to turn over customer trading records to the #IRS a year or two ago
https://www.europesays.com/2193289/ Trump’s budget bill and DOGE’s IRS staffing cuts could lead to a nightmare 2026 tax season, watchdog warns #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #doge #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #irs #Musk #taxes
The Cares Act was enacted to keep airline employees on payroll and off of state UI but Mnuchin and her boss decided they don't have to do that. You can have the nine or thirteen billion dollars that we gave you, and do with it whatever you want
We're just cogs in the machine
#today i am reliving the horrors of the #covid pandemic from a financial perspective, which is fortunate
We owe #IRS $19K USD from them thanks to Trump, Minuchin and her employer who ALL ignored the #CARES ACT
She had a 401K. Wound out when her employer took her off payroll and put her on state unemployment insurance, which is a violation of the intent of the cares act
A payment was missed because it was payroll deducted and basically foreclosed the loan and called it income
Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the #IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish
(Apparently, per #Noem, #IRS agents have been there in person working to determine what groups are organizing the #protests in the city! Normal stuff!) She then said that the #NationalGuard & #DHS were working to “make every single community great again & safe again” before lamenting that the people of #LA were “suffering” “under the policies of Governor Newsom & under the policies of Mayor Bass.”
The statement said the quiet part out loud: the #military was there to “liberate” a city from its democratically elected governor & mayor.(It was also not entirely clear what “burdensome” actions she was referring to.)
Leading up to this moment in the press briefing, #KristiNoem spent several minutes thanking the #NationalGuard, #FBI, local #LawEnforcement & the #IRS (??) for their efforts on the ground in #LA.
In April, The AP reported that the #IRS planned to cut as many as 20,000 staffers — up to 25% of the workforce. An #IRS representative on Thursday confirmed the IRS had shed about that many workers but said the cuts amounted to approximately the same number of IRS jobs [necessarily] added under the #Biden admin.
Democratic lawmakers have also written to #BillyLong & his associated firms detailing concerns with what they call unusually timed contributions made to Long’s defunct 2022 #Senate campaign committee shortly after #Trump nominated him.
The #IRS faces an uncertain future under Long. #Tax experts have voiced concerns that the 2026 filing season could be hampered by the departure of so many tax collection workers.
After leaving #Congress to mount an unsuccessful bid for the US #Senate, #BillyLong worked with a firm that distributed the #pandemic-era employee retention #tax credit. That tax credit program was eventually shut down after then-#IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel determined that it was #fraudulent.
The #IRS was one of the highest-profile agencies still without a #Senate-confirmed leader. Before #BillyLong’s confirmation, the IRS shuffled through 4 acting leaders, including one who resigned over a deal between the IRS & #DHS to share #immigrants’ #tax data with #ICE & another whose appointment led to a fight between #Musk & #Treasury Secretary #ScottBessent.
#BillyLong will take over an #IRS undergoing massive change, including #layoffs & voluntary retirements of tens of thousands of workers & accusations that then-#Trump adviser #ElonMusk’s #DOGE mishandled sensitive #taxpayer #data. Unions & advocacy organizations have sued to block DOGE’s access to the #information.
While in #Congress, where he served from 2011 to 2023, #BillyLong sponsored legislation to get rid of the #IRS, the agency he is now tasked with leading. A former auctioneer, Long has NO background in #tax administration.
The #Senate confirmed #BillyLong on a 53-44 vote despite #Democrats’ concerns about the #Republican’s past work for a firm that pitched a #fraud-ridden #coronavirus #pandemic-era #tax break & about campaign contributions he received after #Trump nominated him to serve as #IRS commissioner.
Ex-congressman #BillyLong confirmed as commissioner of the #IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish
Fmr US Rep. Billy Long of #Missouri was confirmed on Thurs to lead the IRS, giving the beleaguered agency he once sought to abolish a permanent commissioner after months of acting leaders & massive staffing cuts that have threatened to derail next year’s #tax filing season.
#USpol #law #Trump #idiocracy
https://apnews.com/article/billy-long-confirmed-irs-commissioner-67cd8daaa53a53c4ebf1262de1ede5e6