IRS Defends Budget That Would Cut More Than 2,200 Full-Time Jobs

Acting Internal Revenue Service chief David Kautter on Tuesday touted the Trump administration’s $11.1 billion fiscal 2019 budget request for its projected savings of $24.5 million and cuts of more than 2,200 full-time equivalent jobs. Appearing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, Kautter who doubles as assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy joined his boss in defending the budget’s assigning of higher priority to modernizing the tax agency’s information technology than to improving enforcement and customer service.