Former IRS Commissioners Scold Congress For Gutting IRS Budget
In light of the foregoing, we fail to understand how it makes any logical sense to continue to reduce, rather than increase, the IRS budget for FY 2016 in order to optimize the IRS’ ability to provide taxpayer service and to enforce the tax laws to increase revenue collections. To put it succinctly, we do not understand why anyone with present and projected debts and annual losses as large as those of the United States would refuse to pay for telephone assistance to people trying to fulfill their tax obligations, would turn their back on $8 billion annually in additional revenue, or would fail to make an investment that offers a return equal to at least four times the amount invested. For these reasons, we respectfully call upon each of you to support and work to accomplish the passage of an IRS appropriations request for FY 2016 that is substantially in excess of the appropriation for the IRS in FY 2015. …
Ben Carson’s Tax Proposal Takes On The Mortgage And Charity Sacred Cows
Robert Bateman did a serious critique of Carson’s West Point story in Esquire. To be charitable, I think it is quite possible, even likely, that somebody might have told Carson that he would be shoo-in for West Point and that since he was not interested Carson did not look into it any further and mentally translated that into an offer of sorts. It would be a bit like me saying I turned down a basketball scholarship, because of all the people who noting my height advised me that I should go out for basketball, which would get me a scholarship, but not nearly as silly.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.