GOP Cuts at IRS Delay Pandemic and Tax Refund Checks, Hill Democrats Say

Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) speaks at the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in Washington on Oct. 7, 2020. Toni L. Sandys/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Internal Revenue Service budget and staffing cuts by Republicans in Congress are why the tax agency has yet to process millions of 2019 tax returns and CCP virus economic recovery checks, according to Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.).

“According to the Congressional Budget Office, from 2010 to 2018 when Republicans were in control of the Congress, lawmakers cut the IRS budget 20 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars,” Connolly said.