IR(IRS) spent nearly 1 billion handwriting this year to strengthen the servicetax returnThe weather is expected to be fairer than normal. The Washington Post reported that an “everything is back to normal” tax season is something the IRS didn’t dare to imagine.
The report pointed out that the IRS’s heavy investment in improving the quality of service once caused controversy, but as people started filing taxes, the results gradually emerged on the front line. Tax experts say the IRS is a functioning tax agency after more than a decade of disarray.
According to statistics, when people call the IRS service hotline, the answer rate is about 90%. The backlog of tax filings that have not been processed has been eliminated. The IRS has also launched a network for taxpayers that has been compared to private manufacturers’ tax filing software. new equipment. The IRS has processed 99.7 percent of all filings filed this season.
Timur Taluy (Timur Taluy), a member of the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxation Industry Expert Advisory Committee and CEO of the tax filing information website FileYourTaxes, pointed out that the Internal Revenue Service has professional technology and talents. Once there is enough money, tax filing season can go smoothly.
According to a bill passed by Congress, the Internal Revenue Service will receive 80 billion yuan in funding over the next ten years to strengthen tax oversight over high-income wealthy individuals and large enterprises, and to improve the Internal Revenue Service’s customer service quality and technology systems. will be received. revenue Service. Republicans criticized the bill’s content as similar to a “substantial expansion” of the IRS. Some Republicans also spread false information claiming that government agents armed with guns would have the right to harass taxpayers. Due to the spread of rumours, IRS personnel faced security. Threat.
Officials pointed out that the IRS has hired more than 5,000 employees, and most of the new recruits are answering calls on the taxpayer service line, and at the same time, adding additional staff to various tax counseling service stations. The Internal Revenue Service issued a hiring announcement in February of this year, aiming to hire 5,300 more people.
The bill’s contents stipulate that before the IRS can use the new funds, it must receiveMinistry of FinancePresident Janet Yellen approved, but the IRS is free to use some of its limited resources to pre-plan for the 2023 tax filing season.
According to Finance Ministry data, the IRS has so far used 847.6 million yuan in the new fund, which accounts for more than 1% of the total 80 billion yuan in the fund. Statistics show that of more than 800 million yuan, 426 million yuan is used to improve taxpayer services, and another 315.4 million yuan is used for operational support, training new employees and updating software systems in line with law amendments. is done for updating.
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