IRS Commish: Trust Us, We’re Not Going to Audit More

The IRS has said it will “absolutely not” be increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans amid concerns over Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, which provides nearly $80 billion in IRS funding, including $45.6 billion for “enforcement.”IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig made the comments in a letter to members of the Senate on Aug. 4 (pdf) in which he stated that the extra resources …