The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS announced a "major milestone" of collecting more than $1 billion in past-due taxes from millionaires.
  • The Treasury Department and the IRS announced the collection of more than $1 billion in tax debt from high-income individuals over the past year.
  • In September, the IRS announced plans to expand its scrutiny of those making more than $1 million annually with more than $250,000 in recognized tax debt.
  • However, the funding enacted in 2022 that is allowing the IRS to pursue its plans still has its critics, particularly among congressional Republicans.
  • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
    7·
    4 months ago

    The only cure for billionaires (that helps everyone else) is to raise their flat tax rate to 70% … like it used to be.

    • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      In 1944, the highest tax rate was 94%! By 1953, it had dropped. To 92%. We need to go back to that. The richest will find ways around it, but that’s not a reason not to do it.