Don’t trust the Biden administration saying “it’s all good”

Now, with some of that money clawed back, there is a question about what programs may take a back seat. Treasury officials say their plan to develop an online free file tax return system, which is in its pilot development stage, for instance, will not be impacted by the cuts. But some analysts are skeptical about the Biden administration’s assurances. Steve Rosenthal, senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, said “the loss of the funds has to be a setback” for the agency. “With less money and resources, everything will slow down. It just may take a while longer” to develop certain promised programs, he said. “I don’t know if this will come out of service, enforcement, technology or otherwise.”