IRS too ‘outgunned’ to shrink $1T tax gap, Rettig tells Congress

After a decade of budget and workforce cuts, the IRS says it has limited manpower to go after tax cheats. That means the tax gap between what taxpayers owe and what the agency collects is growing. But a bigger budget for the agency doesn’t mean it can bring on new employees as quickly as it would like. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more.
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