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Tax

Sep. 23, 2022

What the Inflation Reduction Act really means for IRS tax enforcement

The fear that suddenly an armed IRS force combing through neighborhoods to collect taxes is completely unfounded, as the IRS Criminal Investigation unit is armed in the same way as every other law enforcement agency.

Steven R. Toscher

Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez

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Philipp Behrendt

Attorney
Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez, P.C.

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Many rumors and myths have circulated about the changes to the IRS that the Inflation Reduction Act will bring. Not only do tabloids excel at this, members of Congress also help spread false information about alleged super police and 87,000 armed IRS agents who comb through neighborhoods to collect taxes. The rhetoric is similar to the horror stories told in the hearings leading up to the 1998 IRS reform, rhetoric that argued for a reduction in the IRS enforcement bu...

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