The IRS isn’t getting its work done

If you need to call the IRS to answer a tax question, you could wait hours on the line thanks to funding cuts. Stephanie Mencimer, staff reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington bureau, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why 7 million people are waiting to hear back from the IRS about correspondence and amended returns up from 3.8 million last year how deep cuts to the budget mean taxpayers are losing out on money and help with tax fraud, and how this could affect daily household budgets. Her article is “The IRS Is Imploding.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices