He'd earlier posted a meme featuring a debunked Republican claim that the IRS is hiring 87,000 new agents. The meme appears to link the debunked IRS claim with the American War of Independence.

In the past, you may have heard some lawmakers say that because of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), an “army” of 87,000 new IRS agents will be coming to audit ordinary taxpayers. More ...

The 87,000 number of new agent alludes to a figure mentioned in a May 2021 Treasury Department analysis of how the IRS would utilize $80 billion in resources, mentioning the potential addition of ...

IRS agents will be supplied with an arsenal of guns and ammunition thanks to new legislation. AP/Charles Dharapak An audit notice from the IRS is scary. Up to 87,000 more IRS agents in the “Infl ...

Funding for the new IRS agents was included in the Democrats' health care and climate change spending bill – dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act – that President Biden signed into law in 2022.

the body passed a bill rescinding $72 billion in spending on 87,000 new IRS agents. House Resolution 23, or the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, passed the lower chamber in a 221 ...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to post a meme poking fun at the number of new agents the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is hiring. Musk took to his personal Twitter account ...

Indeed, Republicans on Tuesday warned taxpayers that the agency wants to hire "87,000 new IRS agents to audit Walmart shoppers." While the estimate of 87,000 new employees isn't entirely accurate ...

Those dollars, Trump allies are saying, will go toward the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents. “Do you make $75,000 or less?” tweeted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “Democrats’ new ...

Aside from wanting workers to return to offices, the new president ... and strengthen IRS operations. Among those priorities were initiatives to hire more IRS agents and agency staff and focus ...