WATCH: Rhett Buttle on Small Business Impact of U.S. House Efforts to Repeal IRS Funding
nat rosasco • January 17, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC
–Last week, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives
voted
along party lines to strip billions of dollars in funding from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The funding was originally signed into law by President Biden as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
This weekend, Rhett Buttle, Founder and Principal of Public Private Strategies, joined Fox 5 DC to discuss how the Republican-led effort to cut IRS funding would harm Main Street businesses across America.
WATCH: Buttle Joins Fox 5 DC To Discuss GOP Efforts to Slash IRS Funding
- Buttle on the need for IRS funding:
“This infusion of funding would allow the IRS to modernize its operations, to invest in more people, and to be more consumer friendly. We think that’s a good thing, because we think there are a lot of people, particularly large corporations, who get away with paying less taxes because the IRS just doesn’t have the ability to enforce the tax mechanism. Consumers and small businesses end up bearing the brunt of that lack of enforcement."
- Buttle on how IRS funding will help small businesses: "This funding will allow the IRS to work with small businesses in a new way, and level the playing field for them. That’s why we think it’s a good idea for the IRS to be able to continue to modernize and provide better services to Main Street.”
