A significant legislative package that incorporates many of President Joe Biden’s policy initiatives was passed into law by Vice President Joe Biden and signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The financing for hiring positions within the Internal Revenue Service is the particular component that has Republicans up in arms.
An “open letter” that Senator Rick Scott of Florida, a Republican, published on his LinkedIn account discouraged job searchers from applying to positions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
During his two stints as governor of Florida, Scott dubbed himself the “jobs governor,” and he recently predicted that a Republican takeover of Congress would result in the loss of those IRS positions.
Scott asserted that the IRS, with the help of funds from Congress, would become larger than several other significant federal departments.
“As you may have heard, Democrats in Congress recently passed a bill, which is soon to be signed into law by President Joe Biden, which provides $80 BILLION in additional taxpayer money and drastically grows the workforce of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by adding approximately 87,000 new agents,” Scott said.
“This bill provides $80 BILLION in additional taxpayer money and drastically grows the workforce of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by adding approximately 87,000 new agents.”
Because of this huge expansion, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will soon have more employees than the Pentagon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection, and the State Department put together.
This assertion has also been made, albeit by other Republicans in a slightly different way. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, both Republicans, have stated that if the IRS had 87,000 agents, it would be larger than the Pentagon, the State Department, the FBI, and the Border Patrol combined. (The Border Patrol is a division of the more comprehensive organization known as Customs and Border Protection.)
Both Scott and DeSantis’ campaigns directed PolitiFact’s attention to an article published on August 6 by the Washington Free Beacon, a website that covers conservative political news.
According to the information presented in the article, “If Democrats have their way, one of the most despised federal agencies – the Internal Revenue Service — will employ more bureaucrats than the Pentagon, State Department, FBI, and Border Patrol combined.” The Internal Revenue Service would therefore become one of the largest federal agencies as a result.
There is little doubt that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will grow as a result of the influx of funds that will be made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act. For many years, the IRS has suffered from decreased financing as well as a reduction in manpower.
However, after conducting an in-depth analysis of the most recent and accurate data, PolitiFact determined that Scott’s statement exaggerates the extent to which the IRS workforce would expand with the allocated funds in comparison to those of other government agencies.
The estimate of 87,000 new jobs is derived from a forecast for 2021 and should not be taken as gospel.
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The fact that the Internal Revenue Service is employing 87,000 new personnel has infuriated many Republicans. However, where exactly did they get this number? The report is one year old, is the answer.
In May of 2021, the Treasury Department reported to Congress that they could add 86,852 new full-time equivalent employment (commonly known as FTEs) if they were given an additional $80 billion in funding over the following decade. That comes out to an additional 87,000 people being hired.
This report does not necessarily illustrate how the Internal Revenue Service expects to spend newly acquired funds today. According to the Treasury Department, it will take a few months before they decide how to spend the money.
