Sen. Mike Crapo: Weekly Column - Of Course IRS's Destruction Of Unprocessed Documents Harmed Taxpayers
October 10, 2023
October 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Oct. 9, 2023:
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In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made an unwise--and frankly, disturbing--decision to intentionally destroy 30 million paper-filed tax documents without processing them. Upon learning of the incident, I led Senate Finance Committee Republicans in raising concerns with the agency and asked about the potential ramifications for taxpayers. We specifically worried . . .
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In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made an unwise--and frankly, disturbing--decision to intentionally destroy 30 million paper-filed tax documents without processing them. Upon learning of the incident, I led Senate Finance Committee Republicans in raising concerns with the agency and asked about the potential ramifications for taxpayers. We specifically worried . . .