OUTLOOK & ANALYSIS

IRS Defanged by 20 Years of Budget Cuts

IRS Criminal Prosecutions Over The Past 20 Years / TRAC

Prosecutions down 16 percent in 2014.

Budget cuts are clearly undermining  the nation’s ability to collect tax revenue and enforce tax laws, widening already gaping budget holes, CPA Trendlines data show.

For instance, tax prosecutions, which peaked during the early Clinton administration, bottomed during the Bush administration.