Warbixin cusub oo ka soo baxday Hay'adda Baaritaanka Guud ee Wasaaradda Maaliyadda ayaa sheegaysa in dakhliga baaritaannada lacagaha dowladda ay hoos u dhaceen 35% sanadkii 2025-kii, iyadoo ay sabab u ahayd xariga 27% shaqaalaha hay'adda.
Xariga Shaqaalaha iyo Dhacdooyinka
Hay'adda IRS-ka ayaa xarigay shaqaalaha sanadkii 2025-kii, iyadoo 25,000 shaqaale oo ka mid ah hay'adda la xiray ama ay qaadeen nidaamka daahfurka hore, iyadoo 3,600 shaqaale oo baarayaasha taxaha ka mid ahaa.
Tani waxay ahayd qeyb ka mid ah tallaabooyinka hoggaamiyaha dalka ee lagu doonayay in la kordhiyo samafalka dowladda, iyadoo ay ku jirto xariga 27% shaqaalaha hay'adda.
Dakhliga Lacagta oo Hoos U Dhaca
Baaritaannadu waxay bixin jireen $10 bilion dakhli sanadkii 2024-kii, laakiin sanadkii 2025-kii waxay hoos u dhaceen ilaa $6.5 bilion, taasoo keentay in lacagaha dowladda la gaabiyo.
Waxaa sidoo kale la xiray baaritaannada shirkadaha, iyadoo baaritaannada shirkaduhu ay hoos u dhaceen 76% inta u dhaxaysa 2023 iyo 2025.
Fahamka Lacagta iyo Talooyinka
Waxaa la sheegay in xariga lacagta ay tahay mid aan macquul ahayn, maadaama ay keento in dowladdu ay ka gaabiyo dakhliga, iyadoo ay sheegtay in 1% ugu sarreeya dadka ay mas'uul ka yihiin saddexda qayb ee lacagta la gaabiyo.
Hogaamiyaha hay'adda IRS-ka ayaa difaacay tallaabooyinka hay'adda, iyadoo ay sheegtay inay isticmaasho tiknoolajiyadda si ay uga dhigto baaritaannada ku habboon.
A Treasury Department Inspector General report shows that a 27% cut in IRS enforcement staff last year coincided with a 35% plunge in audit revenue, leaving billions in unpaid taxes uncollected.
Mass Layoffs Reverse Audit Gains
More than 25,000 IRS employees were laid off or took early retirement in 2025, including roughly 3,600 tax examiners, as part of Elon Musk's government-efficiency push. The cuts reversed gains made under the Biden administration, which had expanded auditing ranks to target wealthy individuals and partnerships.
Audits generated $10 billion in tax revenue in fiscal year 2024 but dropped to $6.5 billion in 2025. The loss in tax revenue from decreased audit activity outweighs any savings from reduced staffing at the tax-collection agency.
Downstream Effects Likely to Grow
The Inspector General wrote that the downstream effects of these reductions are likely to become more apparent over time. Staffing levels at the IRS continued to decline in the first four months of the current fiscal year, with the Trump administration calling for additional cuts in agency funding in 2027.
Audits of partnerships fell 76% between 2023 and 2025, and the overall loss of revenue could be larger since tax audits are primarily designed to promote voluntary tax compliance by filers wanting to avoid one.
Experts Warn of Broader Tax Gap
Natasha Sarin, who served as a counselor on tax policy to former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, said: 'Defunding the IRS is not a money-saving proposition because you have fewer employees. It is a money-losing one, because you do a less good job of collecting taxes.'
Sarin added that something like the top 1% of earners are responsible for something like a third of the tax gap, and that you're less likely to speed when you know that there's a cop on the beat.
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