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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
House Approps Subcommittee Boosts IRS Funding, Takes Aim at Private Debt Collection
The House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee approved, by voice vote, a $22.4 billion bill that would provide funds for the Treasury Department and the District of Columbia. Included in the measure is $11.4 billion for the IRS, a slight increase over the president's request and over $300 million more than the current budget. And while the IRS' enforcement budget allotment matches the president's request -- a respectable 7 percent increase over current levels --, the committee saw fit to raise Bush's $2.15 billion request for taxpayer services funding by $60 million.
The subcommittee also zeroed out funding for the IRS' private debt collection. The controversial move will likely raise the ire of supporters of the program, and if history repeats itself, the program will see funding restored if Congress passes a continuing resolution for FY 2009 later this year.
Here's the approps scorecard thus far:
Posted by Craig Jennings
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