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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

AP FACT CHECK: GOP skews budget bill’s impact on IRS, taxes

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Republican politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class.

The “ Inflation Reduction Act,” which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS, but it would not create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle-class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming.

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