IRS to eliminate more than 7,000 jobs as fewer people file paper tax returns
The Washington Post
"We had people in the hallways crying," said a union rep in Covington, Ky. -- home to a facility that processes paper returns.…
The IRS statement offered statistics sobering to anyone who makes their living processing paper tax returns. The majority of taxpayers file electronically: e-filing rose from 58 percent in 2008 to 86 percent in 2015, the statement said.
In addition, the IRS budget has shrunk $900 million since 2010, and the agency lost 17,000 jobs in that same period.
Never mind. This stuff just hurts my head.
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