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Can the IRS be sued for violating equal protection under the law? They have admitted that they don't have the budget to go after high net worth individuals who
by patientplatypus 7y ago
Can the IRS be sued for violating equal protection under the law? They have admitted that they don't have the budget to go after high net worth individuals who can pay tax attorneys to hide their income in tax loopholes, so isn't that a tacit admittance that the rich can cheat on their taxes with impunity? If that's the case then not all citizens are held equally accountable to the same laws.
That would seem to be a violation of the fourteenth amendment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause) The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State [...] deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws".
- ur-whale 7y agoNo problem, the cost of defending the suit plus the cost of potentially more audit means it will just cost more to run the IRS the subsequent year. If only they could be bankrupted, now we'd be talking. Except they can't cause, like the rest of the government, they get to suck on the teat of infinite yield: people's taxes.