In a guest essay published in The New York Times on February 24, 2025, Former IRS Commissioner and Shareholder Chuck Rettig, along with six former IRS Commissioners, shared his thoughts on the surplus of IRS layoffs in the midst of the 2025 tax season.
The letter states, “Aggressive cuts to our nation’s accounts receivable function will reduce the amount of tax revenue coming in, which will in turn increase our nation’s deficit and add to our $36 trillion in debt.”
The past commissioners expressed, “Like any bureaucratic institution, the I.R.S. could certainly improve its efficiency and effectiveness. As commissioners, each of us, across various presidential administrations, worked toward this goal. We all sought to deliver the service taxpayers deserve and to reduce the gap between taxes owed and taxes paid.”
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