Biden Budget Proposal Strengthens IRS's Ability to Go After Tax Cheats

Ciscomani & Schweikert Have Consistently Voted to Protect Wealthy Tax Cheats

PHOENIX —  President Biden on Monday unveiled his budget for the next year and drew a sharp distinction between himself and Congressmen Schweikert and Ciscomani by proposing boosting IRS resources to go after wealthy tax cheats—in addition to increasing taxes on major corporations and the ultra-wealthy—to bolster programs like Medicare and Social Security now and for future generations.

Congressman Schweikert voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, a law that strengthened the IRS's power to go after tax cheats. In one of Congressman Ciscomani’s first votes in Congress, he joined Schweikert and House Republicans in voting to strip the IRS of its funding to go after tax cheats, including corporations and the wealthy who have used complicated tax filings to shield themselves from having to pay their fair share.

According to Bloomberg:

"The appropriations in the proposed budget are in addition to the funding the agency received as part of the Democrats’ 2022 tax-and-climate law. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has said it’s important for the IRS to receive robust annual funding to support the agency’s day-to-day operations, so that funds from the so-called Inflation Reduction Act can be used to modernize the agency.

"The IRS over the last several months continues to flex what a flush agency can do after decades of underfunding. The tens of billion funding infusion from the tax-and-climate law is bolstering the agency’s efforts to combat fraud, update its systems and go after tax cheats.”

"Arizonans think everyone should play by the same rules and pay their fair share, and President Biden's budget puts that belief into action," said Andrea Moreno, Executive Director of Honest Arizona. "Congressman Schweikert and Ciscomani need to support President Biden's budget and vote to make the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share in taxes."

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