Wednesday, May 15, 2013

I hope Obama points this out.......over and over and over

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  1. Let us not forget that the Republicans also pushed for cuts in IRS staff and budget authority. In 2012, the IRS offered buyouts to 5,400 of its 95,000 employees.

    A 2012 report on the IRS found that nearly half the taxpayers who wrote or faxed questions waited more than six weeks for a response, the report found. Taxpayers who telephoned for information found backlogs, too, the report said, as three in 10 calls went unanswered. (The I.R.S. does not accept public inquiries via e-mail.)

    Complicating the I.R.S.’s duties has been a surge in attempted refund fraud and identity theft among the 141 million returns filed in 2011.

    So there is an expanding workload from these new applicants for tax-exempt status and cuts in funds created a delays everywhere ... and filibusters on leadership ... there is plenty of blame to go around .... but this is not political -- no matter how many times the GOP says it is.

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