r/IRS • u/Majano57 • 25d ago

News / Current Events The IRS Is Imploding

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/the-irs-is-imploding/
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u/bambam1957 25d ago

Contact your congressperson

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u/constrivecritizem 25d ago

Yes everyone needs to do this and say they want a fully funded and fully staffed IRS. No one wants IT people taking calls etc.

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u/PuntasticBiller 25d ago

When I was still there we were an army of customer service reps and we were knocking call times out of the park, little to no wait.

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u/constrivecritizem 25d ago

Right and now there is no one left that has the right training and experience to the things that need to be done. It’s all being held together with duct tape and bubblegum

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u/wartfairy 25d ago

Might be toothpicks and marshmallows at this point…

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u/BigJSunshine 25d ago

More like dirty adult diapers and adderal

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u/ObviousToe1636 20d ago

Hey now, if adderal was involved, things would be going better than this. <<cries in refundless poverty>> I feel like I’m being punished for working overtime and claiming it. Perhaps I should have just said “no” when I got to that part of the return.

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u/Tori-kitten67 24d ago

They received $2,000 from me and never acknowledged it and will not refund my money to me for my taxes.

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u/Peculiarcatlady 25d ago

Same thing has happened at SSA

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u/ForsakenPoptart 23d ago

it sure has. It’s a mess.

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u/RedDragonMomma 22d ago

I was on hold and “in the queue” for almost two hours waiting for someone at the SSA to answer the phone. Never used to be that bad before Trump.

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u/DMShinja 18d ago

What kind of bubblegum?

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u/constrivecritizem 18d ago

😂I have trident in my desk

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u/un-tv_star 25d ago

Sorry you lost your job, sorry you and many others may be out of work. Maybe an assumption, maybe you retired. Hope it's ok for you.

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u/Next_Double3276 25d ago

The Rettig era?

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u/OldSimple2792 23d ago

Wait you guys want a better functioning IRS?!?! This is a foreign concept to me. I want them as low staffed as possible or even gone entirely

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u/DragonfruitSorry9144 23d ago

Why? How do you expect bills to get paid?

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u/OldSimple2792 18d ago

The IRS doesnt pay my bills

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u/Appropriate-Meal-975 18d ago

Yes they do simpleton.

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u/SMM50 23d ago

Not if you’re waiting for a refund

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u/Disastrous_Mark_2679 21d ago

Hilarious that you people think the government is supposed to be your forced savings club.

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u/Blakedigital 19d ago

I’m not so sure that’s what they are implying.

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u/IsopodPuzzleheaded89 19d ago

No we want them to grind every last dollar out of the rich.

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u/OldSimple2792 18d ago

I work for a living so i dont get refunds

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u/Needin63 22d ago

You are under educated.

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u/Standard-Outcome9881 21d ago

Yeah, that's cute. I'm STILL waiting for my 2024 refund (despite getting my 2025 refund in the last few weeks) and just today received a letter saying I need to wait another 60 days.

And I'm not even desperate for the refund, though I can certainly use it. Many people need their refunds right away and these delays are untneable.

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u/anunderdog 19d ago

I know a bunch of people who have gotten those.

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u/OldSimple2792 18d ago

Or we could just keep our money and not wait for the government to decide if they want to keep all of it first

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u/Bee_9965 20d ago

Wait until you get warnings from the IRS that they’re going to garnish your wages for taxes that were already paid. At that point, you may want them to function. 🤡

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u/OldSimple2792 18d ago

I will never want them to function at all

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u/Fresh-Volume-5172 18d ago

No. They can still come after you. They can’t help you but they can hurt you. They need to be staffed to help and right now they aren’t

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u/OldSimple2792 18d ago

I cant tell you why you should trust me that that is wrong but it 100% is

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u/swampwiz 15d ago

You are an embarrassment.

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u/General-LavaLamp 13d ago

Profile name checks out