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So it's not shocking that environment would create a situation where this type of systemic failure would occur. The IRS budget is $10 billion/year[0]. Is that
by rgbrenner 11y ago
So it's not shocking that environment would create a situation where this type of systemic failure would occur.
The IRS budget is $10 billion/year[0]. Is that enough money to expect decent security? If not, what is? Are we allowed to demand security from smaller organizations, or only from Google-sized or larger?
If we expect small businesses to protect our information, it's not too much to ask for the same from a $10b/year government department.
0. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/gop-irs-budget-118835.html http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/gop-irs-budget-118835....
- Spooky23 11y agoThe way Federal budgeting works, congress appropriates money for specific purposes. They've had something like $1B in operations funding cut over a 2-3 year period. The politicians love to hand wave about "big government" and "do something" about the evil IRS. But actual simplification of the tax code would cost their political patrons too much money, so they make it easier for folks to break the law. Findings from a GAO report this year: http://www.accountingweb.com/tax/irs/gao-report-links-irs-problems-to-budget-cuts http://www.accountingweb.com/tax/irs/gao-report-links-irs-pr... The actual report: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-298 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-298
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- toomuchtodo 11y agoAlso, John Oliver's segment regarding this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn_Zln_4pA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn_Zln_4pA8 And Time's article backing it up: http://time.com/money/3819382/john-oliver-and-irs-tax-gap/ http://time.com/money/3819382/john-oliver-and-irs-tax-gap/