A gutted IRS is still more likely to audit low-income earners than wealthy taxpayers. The government stages the biggest auction of public lands in Utah in more than a decade. Salt Lake City Council members vote themselves a big raise.
Happy Wednesday. The IRS may be the agency that everyone loves to hate, but the simple truth is it pays the bills for the rest of government. A new investigation by ProPublica exposes the gutting of this crucial agency through budget cuts and sustained political attacks. There are fewer than 10,000 revenue agents for the first time since the early 1950s — with a 40 percent drop in audits just over the last eight years.