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Policymakers Should Restore IRS Enforcement Funding

By Chuck Marr and Roderick Taylor (April 18, 2019, 6:31 PM EDT) -- The U.S. tax system is based on voluntary compliance, which requires a high level of societal trust along with an effective enforcement system, but deep cuts in Internal Revenue Service enforcement funding since 2010 have undermined the agency's ability to perform this basic function of government. In a promising sign, both the House Budget Committee and the Trump administration have now proposed a "cap adjustment" to allow added funding for tax enforcement that doesn't count against the 2011 Budget Control Act, or BCA, annual caps on nondefense appropriations. Such a mechanism has a long bipartisan history, and policymakers should include it in any budget agreement this year....

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