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This May 4, 2021 file photo shows the outside of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

IRS audits plummet as wealthy escape scrutiny, poorest taxpayers get hit

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FILE - A W-4 form on Feb. 5, 2020, in New York. Monday is Tax Day, the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments. The IRS will receive tens of millions of filings electronically and through paper forms. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

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This Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, file photo shows part of a 1040 federal tax form printed from the Internal Revenue Service website, in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

IRS braces for flood of Tax Day returns, as taxpayers see delayed refunds amid backlog

FILE - This May 4, 2021 file photo shows the outside of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their plate: taxes. Tax season can be complicated for everyone, but as the April 18 filing deadline looms, small business owners, contractors, entrepreneurs and others face even more rules and regulations that are ever-changing. The Internal Revenue Service has announced a backlog and warned that more delays are to be expected. The IRS said earlier this month it was hiring 10,000 workers to deal with a backlog of 23 million items triggered by limiting operations during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS warns of delayed refunds for millions of Americans, blames taxpayers for filing paper returns

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This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden wants an 18% increase in IRS funding to close the ‘tax gap’

This May 8, 2008, photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021, that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

IRS still paying pandemic benefits to dead people: Audit

In this March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington. The Treasury Department announced plans Thursday to hire 10,000 more IRS employees, which the tax agency vowed to use to try to solve an unprecedented backlog that's left millions of Americans without the refunds they believe they are owed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

IRS to hire 10,000 more people amid backlog

This May 4, 2021, file photo shows a sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. This year's tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Nearly half of IRS audits aimed at poorest taxpayers: Study

IRS: Collector and Preparer Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig prepares to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP)

IRS blames pandemic, Congress for failure to process taxpayers’ returns

In this photo March 22, 2013, photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS sys it will stop using facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice came under criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Audit: IRS lost more than $400 million because of broken mail machines

This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Venmo app on an iPad in Baltimore. A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal the requirement that third-party internet platforms like Venmo and PayPal report transactions of more than $600 to the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

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IRS said that’s because it’s facing staffing shortages and it’s much easier to audit lower-income returns, which aren’t as complex.

IRS audits plummet as wealthy escape scrutiny, poorest taxpayers get hit →

While politicians fought over taxes, the IRS said Monday it doesn’t have the tools to administer the code as written.

Joe Biden uses Tax Day to draw contrasts with GOP →

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