One Year Since First Vote to Protect Wealthy Tax Cheats, Congressman Ciscomani Has Established Pattern of Siding With Wealthy Over Arizonans

PHOENIX —Since his first vote one year ago to shield wealthy tax cheats from IRS scrutiny, Congressman Juan Ciscomani has voted six additional times to strip the funding that enables the IRS to go after wealthy earners and corporations who often use complicated filings to avoid paying their fair share.

The IRS's enhanced funding to go after wealthy tax cheats was a key provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that has already allowed the IRS to recoup at least $160 million since the law was passed.

Congressman Ciscomani's multiple votes to rescind the IRS's power to go after wealthy tax cheats, which he took as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, not only tip the scale towards those at the top but would also increase the deficit. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that for every $1 spent auditing the wealthiest of the wealthy (the top .1 percent), the audit returns over $6 in revenue.

“Congressman Ciscomani has been in office for just over a year and he's used his outsized role on the House Appropriations Committee to protect the wealthy and corporations from paying their fair share,” said Andrea Moreno Executive Director of Honest Arizona. “It's time for Congressman Ciscomani to do the fiscally responsible thing his constituents expect: go after tax cheats and make them pay their fair share to help bring down the deficit.”

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