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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The article doesn’t explain how, where the money went, or how the IRS knows this.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Cutting staff thereby reducing the IRS's ability to find and go after wealthy tax cheats.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Thanks! I wasn’t doubting the article, just wanted more info.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The fourth sentence of the article explains it

The Post reports today that the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax etc.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For every dollar spent on IRS staffing, etc, it's estimated to be at least a 7x return. Any disruptions are going to cost a lot with that in mind. Also, I find it a little misguided to question the IRS, an agency that shows its work's opinion on DOGE, an "agency?" Which has failed to show its work and has been caught lying frequently.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah the article is just rehashing a wapo article that's linked, the original one is much clearer

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