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IRS Signals a Coming Crackdown on Gig Workers

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IRS Signals a Coming Crackdown on Gig Workers

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General Discussion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Beginning this tax year, gig working platforms have to report information about more workers to the IRS as the agency cracks down on tax scofflaws.

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Under Biden…

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-recovers-1-billion-from-wealthy-taxpayers-audit-increase/

Under Trump…

https://apnews.com/article/irs-tax-audits-treasury-werfel-transition-23aaacc9648a5d319eb23b5213ebe7bd

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-2017-trump-tax-law-was-skewed-to-the-rich-expensive-and-failed-to-deliver

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-trump-tax-law-created-a-loophole-that-lets-top-executives-net-millions-by-slashing-their-own-salaries

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-s-expiring-2017-tax-cuts-made-income-inequality-worse-and-especially-hurt-black-americans-study/ar-AA1wAvgR

Hmmm. Who hurt the poor more? Who helped the rich more?
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  You forgot the news story you’re posting this under, as well as the two largest increases in the homeless population, which happened under Biden.

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