Barron’s Commentary by John Koskinen
Article: https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-more-funding-could-create-a-less-frustrating-irs-51637785406
Washington Post Opinion by Lawrence H. Summers
Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/17/cbo-build-back-better-irs-revenue-too-low/
Washington Post Opinion by Greg Sargent
Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/16/gop-attack-build-back-better-irs-reporting/
Charles P. Rettig
Washington Post Opinion
November 11, 2021
Link to article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/irs-commissioner-we-desperately-need-resources-so-agency-can-serve-you-our-country/
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Blog
Read Blog: https://www.crfb.org/blogs/bank-reporting-can-help-reduce-tax-gap
Washington Post Opinion by Catherine Rampell
Read article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/gop-rebrands-itself-party-tax-cheats/
Los Angeles Times by Michael Hiltzik
Read article: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-20/the-outrage-machine-came-for-the-irs-and-the-democrats-folded
Washington Post Editorial Board
Read Editorial: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/democrats-want-crack-down-tax-cheats-republicans-balk/
Comments by Senator Ron Wyden, Chair of the US Senate Committee on Finance.
US Senate Fact Sheet.
Washington Post Opinion by Henry Olsen
October 19, 2021
Read article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/19/olsen-irs-tax-cheats-gop-support/
US Department of the Treasury
October 19, 2021
Read Fact Sheet: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0415
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Blog
Newsweek by Brendan Cole
Read article: https://www.newsweek.com/janet-yellen-600-irs-transactions-spying-claims-1638481
Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor by Alexander Boyle
Collecting more information about taxpayers’ accounts is more effective in getting people to pay what they owe and far less intrusive than conducting more audits.
Bloomberg Opinion Op-Ed by Charley Ellis and Alex Boyle
Link: Read the Article
Washington Post Opinion by Lawrence H. Summers that discusses the bank’s campaign against the Administration’s new information reporting proposal.
Link to article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/banking-industry-is-throwing-stones-key-biden-nominee-it-lives-glass-house/
Watch a four-minute segment of the CRFB seminar that specifically discusses the Administration’s proposal for a new information report from financial institutions with just two numbers — net inflows and net outflows on business accounts.
CNN Business Perspectives Opinion by Jacob J. Lew, former Treasury Secretary
Article: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/perspectives/jack-lew-wealthy-taxes/index.html
FactCheck.org by D’Angelo Gore
Read article: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/republicans-mischaracterize-proposed-financial-reporting-requirement/
Reposted on Twitter by Chuck Marr (@ChuckCRFB) on October 5, 2021
3-minute clip of remarks from President Biden specifically on the need for IRS funding and new information reporting.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4977426/user-clip-biden-economic-speech-9-16-21
Full speech with a transcript: https://www.c-span.org/video/?514684-1/president-biden-criticizes-florida-texas-governors-opposition-vaccine-mandates
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Janet Yellen urges House Democrats to give the I.R.S. more power to crack down on tax evasion – Alan Rappeport – September 15, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/us/politics/janet-yellen-irs.html
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities –
by Chuck Marr & Samantha Jacoby
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/reducing-the-tax-gap-5-key-points-on-information-reporting
Natasha Sarin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-case-for-a-robust-attack-on-the-tax-gap
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Blog by Samantha Jacoby
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/plan-to-rebuild-irs-would-advance-racial-equity
Center for American Progress by Seth Hanlon and Galen Hendricks
Congressional Budget Office Blog
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