Exclusive: As the tax day approaches, Senate Governor-General leaders announced a new effort Monday to combat federal bureaucrats who have paid billions of dollars in unpaid taxes.
R-IOWA Senator Joni Ernst introduced tax crimes, overdue debts are the responsibility of government employees (Tax Dodge) to deal with reports on tax revenues within bureaucracies, which itself should have been funded for taxes.
The Tax Dodge Act will require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to publish annual reports on current and retired federal employees, including those who fail to file 1040 or other tax returns.
“It’s outrageous that nearly 150,000 bureaucrats refused to pay their taxes despite hard-working Americans working to Uncle Sam,” Ernst told Fox News numbers.
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Senator Joni Ernst of R-Iowa is introducing the Tax Act. (Getty)
The bill also creates a new section of the law that can consider levying federal work applicants if they “seriously violate” their tax debt unless they have been exempted.
“If you don’t pay taxes, you shouldn’t work for the federal government,” Ernst said.
“I’m ending the rules for you, but for me it’s not the mentality in Washington.”
Ernst highlighted a recent Treasury Inspector General report that while 96% of IRS employees were found to be tax-compliant, more than 2,000 employees had past balances of more than $12 million as of the end of last year.
Meanwhile, an IRS report for 2023 found that $1.5 billion in tax liabilities owed $1.5 billion in fiscal 2021.
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She wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in March, Americans and many members of Congress “lost confidence in the IRS” and he had the opportunity to be the agency’s new ultimate boss to address several issues that did not require Congressional approval.
The lawmakers mentioned the agency’s past political weaponization, such as Obama-era employee Lois Lerner, allegedly targeting conservative groups and upgrading the IRS’ reportedly outdated technology.
Ernst similarly launched a call for an audit of the IRS as part of its initial efforts to build a working relationship with Doge leader Elon Musk last fall.
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If passed, the bill would require reports about tax officials to be sent to the Office of Personnel every year by the Office of Administration of the Tax Officials, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and the House Oversight Committee.
In addition, if there is an administrative or judicial decision, any agency head can take personnel actions, including firing federal employees, who underestimate tax liability or fail to file a return.
