Fact-checkers Set the Record Straight About IRS Funding

NTEU continues to fight back with facts and truth about how the IRS budget was decimated over 10 years and that this funding – provided by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 – is essential to rebuilding, modernizing and upgrading everything the IRS does, especially customer service.

The media has also looked into the claim of the IRS hiring “87,000 new agents” and concluded it is a myth.

Here are just some of the fact-checker stories that set the record straight about the IRS reforms.

New York Times: Fact-Checking the Misleading Claim About 87,000 Tax Agents 
USA TODAY: Fact check: False claims about IRS enforcement, taxes on Americans 
TIME: Trump Allies Are Attacking Biden For a Plan to Hire 87,000 New IRS Agents That Doesn't Exist 
Reuters: Fact Check-The IRS is not hiring thousands of armed agents, job ads show opening for specialized unit 
FactCheck.org: IRS Will Target ‘High-Income’ Tax Evaders with New Funding, Contrary to Social Media Posts 
Politifact: Kevin McCarthy’s mostly false claim about an army of 87,000 IRS agents 
Associated Press: Posts, campaign ads distort IRS funding 
Washington Post: Hyperbolic GOP claims about IRS agents and audits 
CNBC: Don’t worry, the IRS isn’t hiring an ‘army’ of auditors—here’s what’s really happening 
CBS News: Weeks before midterm elections, Republicans warn of an army of 87,000 IRS agents that will harass Americans 
Bloomberg Law: IRS Is Hiring New Employees, Not Raising an Army 
CNN: The IRS is set to get billions for audit enforcement. Here’s what it means for taxpayers 
ABC: Treasury Department rejects GOP claims on new IRS agents 
NBC: Right-wing outcry over IRS funding builds as agency workers describe shortages of staff and printer paper