ELIZABETH: JOINING US NOW,
BRANDON ARNOLD OF NATIONAL
TAXPAYERS UNION, HOUSE
UNIONS ON REPUBLICANS ON
WAYS AND MEANS SAY DEMOCRATS
ARE BLOCKING THEIR PROBE TO
IRS DESTRUCTION OF 30
MILLION TAXPAYER DOCUMENTS
LAST YEAR, WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> THIS IS AMAZING.
THEY FOUND THIS OUT IN MAY
OF LAST YEAR, PEOPLE LIKE
KEVIN BRADY ON THE HILL,
HAVE BEEN HOUNDING THE IRS,
SENDING THEM LETTERS
REQUESTING INFORMATION.
THERE ARE HUGE TAXPAYER
IMPLICATIONS AT STAKE, THEY
HAVE BEEN STONEWALLED BY THE
IRS, THE IRS IS NOT EVEN
TURNING OVER A MEJ
MEMORANDUM, BECAUSE THEY SAY
IT MIGHT EMBARRASS THE
AGENCY.
ELIZABETH: THE IRS
ESSENTIALS NEVER TESTIFIED
IN QUESTIONS AND TESTIMONY
RATHER BEFORE CONGRESS ABOUT
THE PROBLEMS WITH ITS
BACKLOG, NEVER MENTIONED
THEY WERE DOING THIS WHAT IS
THE FALLOUT FOR TAXPAYERS?
>> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE BIG
IMPLICATIONS, WE DON’T KNOW
WE HAVE SUCH LITTLE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY LIKE
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT ARE
ALL TAXPAYERS GETTING THE
RIGHT AMOUNT.
NOT CLEAR BECAUSE WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT DOCUMENTS WERE
DESTROYED.
NOT EVEN CLEAR IF THE
PROCESS WAS LEGAL IF THE IRS
WAS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO
SO.
THEY HAVE ASKED THEM, WHAT
IS YOUR LEGAL JUST CASE FOR
DESTROYING THE DOCUMENTS,
THERE HAVE BEEN CRICKETS
WITH NO RESPONSE.
ELIZABETH: WE HEAR TAX PROS
WARNING THAT THERE IS
MISSING INFORMATION RETURNS
LIKE 1099.
THEY WERE ALSO DESTROYED
COULD THAT CAUSE A MISMATCH
AT IRS AND DELAYING REFUNDS
AND TRIGGER AUDITS?
>> THE IRONY THIS IS PROBLEM
THIS DEMOCRATS WERE CITING
WHEN THEY SAID WE NEED TO
GIVE AGENTS 80 BILLION TO
CONDUCT OR AUDITS, SAYING
THAT PEOPLE WERE UNDER
RECORDING INCOME, THAT IS
THE TACK TACK GAP.
THAT -- TAX GAP THAT IS
BASED ON UNDER REPORTING
INCOME, THEY LOOK AFTER THE
FIELDSFILING SEASON THEY
LOOK AT 1099 FORMS AND
RECONCILE THAT WITH OTHER
DOCUMENTS, ONCE YOU DESTROY
THE DOCUMENTS THEY ARE GONE.
ELIZABETH: HAVING COVERED
IRS FOR TWO DECADES AND TESTIFYING TWICE TO CONGRESS
TESTIFYING TWICE TO CONGRESS
ABOUT IRS REFORMS, DO.
REPEATEDLY WHICH CONGRESS
FIDDLES WITH THE IRS AND
CHANGES TACKCHANGE STACKS
TAX LAWS IT IS HARD FOR THE
IRS OFFICIALS, THEIR SYSTEMS
ARE OVERLOADED.
THEY HAVE SOFTWARE PROBLEMS.
THE RICH, ISSUE, WILL THIS
HURT TAX MARES TAXPAYERS
WITH MORE IRS AUDITS.
>> I THINK SO, WHEN BIDEN
TOOK OFFICE HE PASSED A
HORRIBLE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, A SMALL
PROVISION TO GIVE IRS 1.5
BILLION BILLION DOLLARS TO
MODERNIZE ITS SYSTEM AND
HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
RIGHT AT THAT SAME, THEY
DECIDE TO DELETE 30 MILLION
TAX RECORDS.
>> DO WE KNOW IF THE RECORDS
ARE BACKED UP
ELECTRONICALLY.
>> THERE IS NO INDICATION.
WE DON’T KNOW.
>> GOT IT.