On Tax Day, The IRS Is Short Of Money
The agency's budget has been cut sharply over the last decade. That means fewer audits. The Trump administration says those cuts may have gone too far and it's seeking more money for tax enforcement.
Here's a little encouragement for last-minute tax filers: Your chance of being audited by the IRS this year is as low as it's been in decades.
Years of budget cuts have hollowed out enforcement of the nation's tax laws. Now, even the Trump administration says those cuts may have gone too far.
Adjusted for inflation, IRS funding has been cut by about 25 percent since
