Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
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Re: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
#2Well, there's a problem that needs a solution. Plus, a government contract. I wonder if anyone can come up with a LLM for simple tax issues.
Re: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
#3Well, there's a problem that needs a solution. Plus, a government contract. I wonder if anyone can come up with a LLM for simple tax issues.
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Re: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
#4Well, there's a problem that needs a solution. Plus, a government contract. I wonder if anyone can come up with a LLM for simple tax issues.
When all you have is a hammer, everything becomes a nail I guess.
Re: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
#5The IRS is a perennial budgeting football for Congress, even though it's one of the few agencies for whom increasing their budget creates positive net revenue for the federal government; its enforcement arm is down 30% in staffing since 2010, with predictably dismal results.
As an anecdotal comparison, I had a fairly long-running issue years ago with the IRS over a minor problem (some expenditures got posted to one fiscal year for the IRS, the following fiscal year for the SSA, which created an imbalance in their systems), and I was able to promptly get helpful folks on the phone and via scheduled in-person visits. Now even my CPA can't get anyone to pick up the phone there. It's a disaster.
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#7I contact my congressional representative when I need help with the IRS. Have done it twice now. Works great.
Re: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
#8The IRS is a perennial budgeting football for Congress, even though it's one of the few agencies for whom increasing their budget creates positive net revenue for the federal government; its enforcement arm is down 30% in staffing since 2010, with predictably dismal results. As an anecdotal comparison, I had a fairly long-running issue years ago with the IRS over a minor problem (some expenditures got posted to one f…
One of the major parties is deliberately sabotaging it (along with USPS, FDA, and NOAA) so they can point out how useless it is and it should just be shut down.
Re: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone
#9The political capital class protects their own. They have incentives to decrease power of IRS.