<p>Report Says IRS Funding Cut Is Harming Audit Efficiency</p>

Report Says IRS Funding Cut Is Harming Audit Efficiency

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Decreased IRS funding, combined with new responsibilities and heightened expectations for the agency, led the average return on investment for enforcement activities to fall by 6 percent between 2010 and 2017, and for the percentage of taxpayer audits to decrease, according to a report released June 26 by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

<p>Decreased IRS funding, combined with new responsibilities and heightened expectations for the agency, led the average return on investment for enforcement activities to fall by 6 percent between 2010 and 2017, and for the percentage of taxpayer audits to decrease, according to a report released June 26 by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.</p>