Need help with your taxes? Who can you call?

Well, it would be a waste of time to call the Internal Revenue Service, since they won’t even pick up the phone, let alone provide you with any help at all.

Our “beloved” federal government has created a tax code that is so complicated that normal people have no hope of understanding it. Even major corporations and wealthy people have to hire hundreds of accountants and tax lawyers to try and decipher that 56,000+ page nightmare ((10 Outrageous Facts About the Income Tax)). For us regular people? To put it bluntly, we’re screwed. In a story by Associated Press Via Yahoo:

Filing a federal tax return is about to get more complicated for millions of families because of President Barack Obama’s health law. But they shouldn’t expect much help from the Internal Revenue Service. Got a question for the IRS? Good luck reaching someone by phone. The tax agency says only half of the 100 million people expected to call this year will be able to reach a person.

Well, at least those 50 million lucky people will get detailed assistance to their problems, right?

Callers who do get through may have to wait on hold for 30 minutes or more to talk to someone who will answer only the simplest questions.

“Taxpayers who need help are not getting it, and tax compliance is likely to suffer over the longer term if these problems are not quickly and decisively addressed,” said a report Wednesday by agency watchdog Nina E. Olson.

Another problem for those who actually get through to the support line can’t be sure the information they are receiving is actually any good. If you call them, somehow manage to get through to someone and they give you bad information, you are the one that is punished, not the IRS. Nice racket isn’t it? As you might expect, the IRS commissioner is pleading extreme poverty.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says budget cuts are forcing the agency to reduce taxpayer services and other functions. The number of audits will decline, technology upgrades will be delayed and the agency might be forced to shut down and furlough workers for two days later this year, Koskinen said. The IRS will no longer help low-income taxpayers fill out their returns, and tax refunds could be delayed for people who file paper returns.

Oh yes, the old standby used by politicians and bureaucrats everywhere. “We don’t have enough money, so the poorest and least able are going to be the ones we intend to hurt the most.” Anywhere else, this would be called extortion. Still, the IRS only has themselves to blame for their problems.

Congress cut the IRS by $346 million for the budget year that ends Sept. 30. Koskinen says the agency’s $10.9 billion budget is its lowest since 2008. When adjusted for inflation, the budget hasn’t been this low since 1998, he said.

There are many reasons why the IRS budget has been cut. One is the outright corruption by the IRS and their attempts to suppress conservative groups seeking tax exemptions. The other major reason? Obamacare.

Republicans in Congress adamantly oppose Obama’s health law, so some have been working to starve the IRS of funds just as its role in implementing the law ramps up.

It won’t work, Koskinen said in an interview. The agency, he said, is required by law to help implement the health program. “The only places we have discretion are in information technology, tax enforcement, customer service.”

Obamacare is probably the biggest nightmare ever imposed on the American people by the Political Elites. Thanks to this hated program, and the fact that it is the IRS that will be managing it, we’re going to see a disaster in the next year or so of truly epic proportions. The fact that Koskinen, who has repeatedly lied to congress is saying they will use funds meant for other sections of the IRS to enforce this load of crap tells you all you need to know. It’s all about power to the state.

The spending cuts could actually cost the government money, Koskinen said. Having fewer enforcement agents will cost at least $2 billion in lost tax revenue this year, he estimated.

I think another problem might be people who are trying to comply with the tax code and are unable to.

Service problems at the IRS will also make it harder for well-intentioned taxpayers to comply with the law, said Olson, who is the National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent office within the IRS.

“Without adequate support, many taxpayers will be frustrated, some will make potentially costly mistakes, others will incur higher compliance costs when forced to seek information and assistance from tax professionals,” she said. “Still others,” Olson said, “will simply give up and not file.”

Since Koskinen has said he is going to cut back on enforcement, the odds of these people getting caught will drop. Of course there is also another side. People who are being reamed by the IRS because they can’t figure out this mess may decide to do something really bad, like breaking out the old American standby when dealing with tax collectors. Tar, Feathers and a rope.

As I mentioned above, we also have the problem of Obamacare and it’s reporting requirements kicking in this year. (Thank you John Roberts, you slimeball)

For the first time, tax filers will have to report information about their health insurance during the previous year. For most people who get health coverage through work or through government programs like Medicaid, it will mean simply checking a box. Others who got insurance through state and federal marketplaces will have to file a new form, while people who received subsidies will have to provide more detailed information. People who didn’t have health insurance last year face fines unless they qualify for a waiver, which requires more paperwork.

If the Democrats thought Obamacare was hated before, wait until people start dealing with the reporting requirements. As for those who don’t have insurance, (Because they simply couldn’t afford it), well, if they have a refund due, wave goodbye to it. Interestingly, the one thing these scum in the IRS have been doing is making sure they can go after people who won’t comply with Obamacare’s mandates.

Koskinen said he is “reasonably confident — very confident” the IRS has successfully upgraded its computer systems to handle additional taxpayer information required by the health law, even though Congress refused to pay for it, rejecting the agency’s $600 million request.

“In some ways the Congress appeared to be trying to do its best to keep us from being able to get operational this time,” Koskinen said.

Perhaps it was your lies to Congress regarding the abuse of the conservative groups and individuals by your department you moron. You have shown that you can’t be trusted, and in point of fact, you and the others in the IRS have shown to everyone that you are an actual threat to the constitution and to the American people.

As to your computer systems and your upgrades? Considering the past history of the Information Technology of the Internal Revenue Service, I fully expect the whole thing to collapse. If it actually works as it’s supposed to, I think you can be expected to be hauled up in front of House and the Senate committees asking you some very pointed questions on missing email and other documents.

We might have to wait until 2017 when, hopefully, a Republican president takes office and starts cleaning house. (This, of course, means not electing Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney or Chris Christy. We know they won’t do anything about the IRS) With any luck, we will see a large number of IRS management taking up residence in a nice prison somewhere.

Thatisall

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