IRS drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90k-person workforce

Exactly. We're all Greeks now.

November 5, 2024 will go down in infamy next to September 11, 2001 and December 7, 1945. Except this time we did it to ourselves.

Thorough investigations of businesses and high net worth individuals is what the manpower is needed for. If they stop doing those investigations and they put in incredibly strict automation to enforce the compliance of the average W2 filer, the IRS would definitely be able to carry on with a fraction of its current workforce.

Imagine Google's automated content moderation, but with federal law enforcement to carry out the penalties.

>Why would people continue to file at that point?

Because I'm a chump who'd rather give them an interest free loan than risk a surprise expense and I want my money back.