Ernst Outlines Major Reform to America’s “Least Favorite Government Agency”
WASHINGTON – With just three weeks until Tax Day, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) outlined a proposal of major reforms for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to cut down on costs, increase efficiency, and better serve taxpayers.
“Americans, and their elected representatives in Congress, have lost confidence in the IRS. But you have a unique opportunity to address these issues, which can be accomplished without any changes in law,” wrote Ernst in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Ernst’s three main recommendations to improve America’s “least favorite government agency” include ending the political weaponization of the agency, cracking down on tax-dodging bureaucrats, and bringing the agency’s tech, costing $3.6 billion annually, out of the stone age and into the 21st century.
Click here to read the full letter.
Background:
Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Ernst has repeatedly targeted IRS tax cheats and costly software across government.
Additionally, Ernst exposed that 5,800 IRS and contractor employees owe nearly $50 million in overdue taxes in July 2024, and a follow-up report revealed that more 800 IRS employees still owed millions in back taxes as of November, 2024.
Ernst’s $2 trillion roadmap to cut waste highlighted that government-wide there are nearly 150,000 tax cheats owing $1.5 billion in unpaid taxes.
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